Baumann's Reinette

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary / Dessert

Introduced

1810

Origin

Belgium

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 57.0 mm
Fruit width: 63.0 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

A Belgian cooking and eating apple from around 1810 with brilliant crimson skin, crisp subacid flesh, and medium size. It earned an RHS First Class Certificate in 1878 and stores well for up to six months in cold storage.

Flavor & Texture

subacidcrisp

Best Uses

cookingfresh_eating

1 historical watercolor from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.

Lineage

Offspring

Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg John Divers Belle Et Bonne

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 370
Wikidata: Q382634
MUNQ ID: 21