Our Variety Assessment

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

Reinette Étoilée is a beautiful red apple particularly valuable in traditional standard orchards and for pollinating late-flowering varieties. Its firm, fairly juicy and aromatic flesh becomes melting and streaked with red after the fruit has rested for several days. Apples drop naturally and should be eaten promptly before becoming mealy. The healthy tree flowers late in the season.

Reinette Rouge Etoilee

Price range: 26,50 € through 38,00 €

A popular traditional eating apple from the Low Countries.

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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: 1334 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

Reinette Rouge Etoilee is a very pretty traditional apple, still grown widely across the Low Countries and northern France. It was first described in 1830 and is probably much older., and is known by many different names.

Etoile, which means “starry” may refer to flecks or lenticels which cover the red skin like little stars.

The apples are ripe towards the end of September and can be kept for a couple of months.

The white flesh is sometimes tinged with pink. It is firm and slightly dry, with a mild apple flavour.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Old variety probably Belgian or Dutch, first described around 1830 and widely grown in high-stem orchards.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Synonyms

Sterappel, Rote Stern Renette, Sterrenet

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Standard-tree variety, fruit drops easily, good flowering useful for late-flowering varieties

Disease behaviour

Scab

Low susceptibility

Powdery mildew

Low susceptibility

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

These varieties flower at a compatible time and are the most relevant matches in the catalogue. Flowering period: 4 - late.

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Harvest calendar

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At the same time

September 15-30

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Additional variety information for Reinette Rouge Etoilee is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.