Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

King of the Pippins, known in France as Reine des Reinettes, is a dependable choice for cool, wet and northern European regions. It produces regular crops of yellow-orange apples heavily flushed with red, with juicy and pleasantly aromatic flesh when fully ripe. The fruit is excellent for eating and holds its shape when cooked, keeping from October into winter.

Reine de Reinettes

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

A traditional French dual-purpose apple, which was also known in the Victorian England as King of the Pippins.

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1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

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Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

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SKU: 4330 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

Reine de Reinettes is typical of the “reinette” style apple, with its flushed orange skin and firm rather than crisp flesh. It is often known by its English name – King of the Pippins.

It has been grown in Europe since the 18th century. Although usually considered a dessert variety, it can also be used for cooking – particularly French-style patisseries, since the slices keep their shape when cooked.

It is a good juicing apple too, the juice has a good robust flavour and can also be used in cider blends.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Very old European variety, attributed depending on sources to France or the Netherlands and grown since the late 18th century.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Partially self-fertile

Pollinator value

Excellent pollinizer

Ploidy

Diploid

Origin and identity

Parentage

Parentage unknown

Synonyms

King of the Pippins, Goldparmäne, Golden Winter Pearmain

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Upright tree, productive but biennial, fairly quick to come into bearing

Disease behaviour

Scab

Moderately susceptible

Canker

Very susceptible

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 4 - late.

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Additional variety information for Reine de Reinettes is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.