| Tree Details | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | C1 |
| Tree Type | Apple |
| Variety | Orleans Reinette |
| Rootstock | MM106 |
| Date Planted | 15 March 2010 |
| Tree Description | Golden-yellow with a brown-red cheek. Between Ribston and Blenheim in character. Sweet perfumed flavour with fine, crisp yellow flesh. One of the best new year apples. |
| Comments | Suggested by RP. High Vitamin C with 22.40 Mg. per 100 grams. It was considered that there was no apple more worthy than the Orleans Reinette to close a good dinner, and well able to stand up fearlessly to a good port. |
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The greatest apple experience of my life was a Queen Cox apple: when we bit into it we knew we were eating something extraordinary: its perfume, the balance of sweet and acid, the juice, the texture. My God, it was simply divine. (Raymond Blanc, Le Manoir aux Quatre Saisons)