Chataignier

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1628

Origin

France

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 45.0 mm
Fruit width: 62.0 mm

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

A medium to large roundish-ovate culinary apple with a distinctive violet-colored bloom on smooth skin. The flesh is firm, juicy, and sugary with a vinous, pleasant flavor; it remains in season from October to March. French in origin, it is notable for its attractive dark red coloring approaching black on the sun-exposed side.

Flavor & Texture

vinoussugarypleasantfirmjuicy

Best Uses

cooking

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

Lineage

Offspring

Franc Roseau du Valais

Origin & History

Status: commercial

sugaryvinous

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 1059
Wikidata: Q2967782
MUNQ ID: 205
Cited authority (Hogg 1851): Duh