Reinette Grise du Canada apple identification

A more russeted form of the popular Reinette du Canada. Grown commercially in France and Italy.

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Reinette Grise du Canada - Fruit

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Identification

Flesh colour - White to Cream, pale yellow
Flesh colour - White to Greenish to Greenish Yellow
Fruit size - Medium
Fruit size - Large
Fruit size - Very large
Fruit size - Variable
Fruit shape - Round
Fruit shape - Round-conical
Fruit shape - Conical
Fruit shape - Oblong-conical
Fruit shape - Oblong
Shape features - Elliptical, Compressed, Irregular
Shape features - Anglular (flat-sided)
Shape features - Slightly, broadly, obscurely ribbed
Shape features - Ribbed cavity to basin
Shape features - Unusual shape
Shape features (vertical view) - Lop-sided, unequal sides, irregular
Shape features (vertical view) - Ribs more pronounced at apex, toward basin
Shape features (vertical view) - Tapering toward calyx end or apex
Shape features (vertical view) - Variable, dissimilar shapes
Shape uniformity - Lack Uniformity in size & shape
Bultitude apple group - 8. Russeted, sweet
Seeds - size - Medium
Seeds - size - Large
Core - Abaxile / Irregular
Core - Axile / Symmetrical
Core - Closed
Core - Open
Seeds - point - Acute
Seeds - characteristics - Dark
Seeds - characteristics - Few
Seeds - characteristics - Tufted
Core - carpels - Tufted
Core - lines - Moderate
Core - lines - Narrow
Core - lines meeting - Base of calyx tube
Core - lines meeting - Sides of calyx tube
Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Medium
Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Large
Calyx / Sepals - Size - Medium
Calyx / Sepals - Width - Narrow
Calyx / Sepals - Width - Medium
Calyx Tube - Shape - Conic
Calyx Tube - Length - Medium
Calyx Tube - Size - Large
Calyx Tube - Size - Medium
Calyx Tube - Stamen - Median
Calyx Tube - Stamen - Basal
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Pubescent
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Open
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Closed
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Partially Open
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Convergent
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Reflexed
Russet - Present
Russet details - Capillary lines, Netting, Veins, Webbing
Russet details - Russet cap covers shoulders of stem cavity
Russet details - Solid cover - thick, dense
Russet details - Solid cover - thin
Russet details - Radiating, stellate, rays, stripes
Russet details - Dots, Patches, Spots
Russet details - In stem cavity
All green or yellow - Only green or yellow present
All green or yellow - Other colors present
Skin color (when ripe) - Golden Russet
Skin color (when ripe) - White to Greenish to Green
Skin color (when ripe) - Yellow (+/or) Green with some Red (+/or) Pink
Skin color (when ripe) - Orange - Yellow with Red towards Brown
Skin color (when ripe) - Brown to Gray Green
Skin blush - Present
Skin blush - Not present
Skin blush (color) - Orange to Orange Red Brown
Skin blush (color) - Bronze to Brownish Purple
Scarf skin - Not present
Suture lines - Not present
Bloom - Not present
Skin waxy or greasy - No waxiness or greasiness present
Skin feel - Dry
Skin feel - Not smooth, Rough
Stripes - No stripes
Stem (length) - Does not extend above cavity
Stem (length) - Short
Stem (length) - Medium
Stem (thickness) - Medium
Stem (thickness) - Thick
Stem cavity (russet) - Gray to Brown Russet
Stem cavity (russet) - Heavy russet
Stem cavity (russet) - Leather-cracked, thick russet looking cracked
Stem cavity (russet) - Little, light russet
Stem cavity (russet) - Russet cap covers shoulders of cavity
Stem cavity (russet) - Russet rays extening out from stem cavity
Stem (position) - Slightly Oblique
Stem (position) - Upright
Stem (color) - Brown
Stem (color) - Green
Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Furrows, Corrugated
Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Deep
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Brown
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Russet
Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Acute, Medium Slope
Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Oblique - slanted to one side
Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Symmetrical
Stem Cavity (top view width) - Moderate, Medium width
Stem Cavity (top view width) - Wide, Broad
Basin skin - Yellow
Basin skin - Russet
Basin skin - Green
Basin skin - Brown
Basin width - Moderate
Basin width - Broad
Basin russet - Gray to Brown Russet
Basin russet - Heavy russet
Basin russet - Leather-cracked, thick russet looking cracked
Basin russet - Little, light russet
Basin (top view) - Uneven, Oblique, Slanted
Basin (top view) - Symmetrical, Round
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Tight, Acuminate
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Tight to medium slope
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Acute, Regular, Medium slope
Basin (side view depth) - Medium depth
Basin (side view depth) - Deep
Basin (protruberances) - Ridged, Ribbed
Basin (protruberances) - Undulate, Furrowed, Wavy, Puckered
Basal lobes - Present, Crowned, or 5-lobed
Basal lobes - Slightly present
Basal lobes - Not present
Dots (description) - Brown
Dots (description) - Same color as background
Dots (description) - Gray
Dots (description) - Raised
Dots (description) - Russet
Dots (description) - Stellate
Dots (description) - Submerged / Depressed
Dots (numbers) - Moderate
Dots (numbers) - Numerous
Dots (size) - Large
Dots (skin lenticels) - Conspicuous, prominent, distinct
Dots (spread) - Random, Irregular spread
Flesh (staining) - Yellow
Flesh (staining) - Green
Flesh (staining) - Not present
Flesh (texture) - Firm changing to Soft
Flesh (texture) - Tender, Soft, Melting
Flesh (texture) - Crisp, Breaking into chuncks
Flesh (texture) - Firm, Hard
Flesh (texture) - Granular, Coarse, Mealy
Flesh (texture) - Moderate
Flesh (grain) - Granular, Coarse, Mealy
Flesh (juiciness) - Juicy or Very Juicy
Flesh (juiciness) - Not Very Juicy, Dry

Using

Uses - Eat fresh
Uses - Cooking
Uses - Drying
Flavour quality - Very good
Flavour style - Sweet/Sharp
Flavour style - Sweeter
Harvest period - Late season
Only sweet flavor - Tart, sub-acid, or bitter flavor detected

Growing

Flowering period - Mid-Late season
Flowering group - 4
Fruit bearing - Spur-bearer
First planted - Before 1950

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