Medieval Fruit Varieties

Variety: Ananas Reinette (16th c.)

ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Hs 262 Bühlmeier, Salomon (1863-1872)

Available from:
Trees of Antiquity

Size medium; shape tall, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex to straight; skin yellow flushed brownish, dotted; flesh firm, fine, fairly tender, yellowish white; flavor sweet, subacid, perfumed; season very late; tree upright. Pineapple taste. Dessert. November to February. Tree: very small. Good cropper.

[USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/search.pl?accid=ANANAS%20REINETTE (03 August 2014)]