moderate. Leaf, rather large, dark, upfolded, undulated, 

 oval, sharply pointed, very deeply curved serrate. 

 Origin, uncertain ; known in France before 1771. 

 Excellent in warm seasons. Very subject to canker. 



Reinette Etoilee : see Reinette Rouge Etoilee. 

 Reinette Gielen : see Golden Reinette. 

 Reinette Grand ville : see Reinette du Canada. 



REINETTE GRISE. Ronalds, P., 32. G., Grau 

 Franzosische Reinette. (Belle Fille, Grauer Rabau, 

 Haute Bont(, Leder Apfel.) Dessert, till March, 

 medium, 2 by 2, oblong round, regular. Colour, 

 yellowish-green with dull red flush covered with russet. 

 Flesh, crisp, yellow, aromatic. Eye, closed, in a rather 

 deep basin. Stem, short in a very deep cavity . Growth, 

 vigorous ; fertile. Origin, of great antiquity ; recorded 

 in the sixteenth century in France, its country of 

 origin. An apple of excellent quality. 



Reinette Monstreuse : see Belle de Boskoop. 



REINETTE ROUGE ETOILEE. Fl. and Pom., 

 1884, 169. F., Reinette Rouge Etoilee ; G., Roter 

 Stern Reinette. [Cal ville Rouge Pre*coce (error), Early 

 Red Calville, Reinette Etoile'e.] Dessert, October 

 to December, small, 2j by 2, flattened round, regular. 

 Colour, rich yellow, almost covered with carmine red 

 with broad broken stripes. Flesh, firm, juicy, pale 

 yellow with suffused red below skin, sub-acid, of slight 

 strawberry flavour. Eye, open, in a very even, regular 

 basin. Stem, very short, in a narrow russet cavity. 

 Growth, compact ; fertile. Leaf, rather dark, long 

 oval, held flat, tip down curved, very finely curved 

 serrate. Origin, it has been grown in Eastern Belgium 

 for some 100 years or more. It was introduced to 

 England probably about 1830. It is the Early Red 

 Calville of Hogg. Of fair quality and most attractive 

 in appearance. 



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