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Reine Des Reinettes Apple Scionwood (Spring 2025)


An heirloom dessert apple also widely used for baking in France. Also known as Reine de Reinettes, Golden Winter Pearmain, King of the Pippins, Kroon Renet.

This tree is very productive and strongly biennial; it will need careful thinning to maintain fruit size and annual cropping. It is partially self-fertile, but better crops will be obtained in the presence of a pollenizer. When choosing pollenizers, we recommend that Golden Delicious and Granny Smith be avoided on account of their similar genetic composition. Reine des Reinettes is resistant to powdery mildew.

This is a lovely orange-red apple, finely coated in a tawny russet that thickens at the stem and calyx. The flesh is firm, sweet, and juicy, with a rich flavor often described as citrusy and tropical. A dessert apple of the highest quality, Reine des Reinette sweetens in storage and is also a traditional baking apple in France. Like Calville Blanc, it is often specified in tarte Tatin recipes.

This tree is thought to have originated in Holland, where it was called Kroon Renet, around 1770. Although it is often identified with King of the Pippins, it is unclear whether these are the same apple.

Volume Pricing

Premiums are included in the following prices if applicable. These prices are for regular scion. Add $1 for clean scion.

Quantity Reine Des Reinettes Apple Scion
1 $12.00
2-5 $8.00
6-10 $7.00
11-99 $6.00
100+ $5.00

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$13.00 ea.

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Clean vs. Regular

Our clean scion is harvested from trees grown on G.16, which is extremely sensitive to viruses. These trees would not have survived if the scion contained viruses. Our clean wood has not been lab tested. Regular = may contain one of the common latent viruses; this is not usually a problem and can be used with most rootstocks.

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This tree is very productive and strongly biennial; it will need careful thinning to maintain fruit size and annual cropping. It is partially self-fertile, but better crops will be obtained in the presence of a pollenizer. When choosing pollenizers, we recommend that Golden Delicious and Granny Smith be avoided on account of their similar genetic composition. Reine des Reinettes is resistant to powdery mildew.

This is a lovely orange-red apple, finely coated in a tawny russet that thickens at the stem and calyx. The flesh is firm, sweet, and juicy, with a rich flavor often described as citrusy and tropical. A dessert apple of the highest quality, Reine des Reinette sweetens in storage and is also a traditional baking apple in France. Like Calville Blanc, it is often specified in tarte Tatin recipes.

This tree is thought to have originated in Holland, where it was called Kroon Renet, around 1770. Although it is often identified with King of the Pippins, it is unclear whether these are the same apple.


The Fruit

Fruit Type

Category: Apple
Subcategory: Heirloom

Fruit Uses & Storage

Uses: fresh eating, baking
Storage duration: one to three months (approximate, depending on storage conditions)

Fruit Appearance

Skin color: red
Flesh color: cream

Fruit Origins

Parentage: unknown
Origin: Holland
Introduced in: 1770s
Introduced by:

The Environment

Calendar & Geography

USDA zones: 5 - 7
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Sep 15 (approximate, in New York State) + 0 days after McIntosh

Diseases & Pests

Powdery Mildew: Resistant

Pollination

Pollination Factors

Bloom group: 3
Is it self-fertile? Partial
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid

Pollination Partners

This table shows the first few results from a full search for pollenizers of Reine Des Reinettes Apple. Please see our Pollenizer Search to run other queries and read how the application uses various factors. Also read more about fruit tree pollination.

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Cripps Pink Apple 2025 0
Golden Russet Apple 2025 0
Granny Smith Apple 2025 0
Honeycrisp Apple 2025 0
Macoun Apple 2025 0
St. Edmund's Russet Apple 2025 0
Domaines Apple 2025 0
Empire Apple 2025 0
Enterprise Apple 2025 0
Bramtot Apple 2025 0
Newtown Pippin Apple 2025 0

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