Long Keeping Apple Varieties
Red Geeveston Fanny (01-Dec.)
A more highly coloured clone of Geeveston Fanny. Fruits have crisp flesh with a subacid and aromatic flavour.
Red Ingrid Marie (01-Jan.)
A more highly coloured sport of Ingrid Marie. Discovered in Denmark in various places including the nursery of Mr Schneider. Fruits have firm, crisp, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a fair flavour.
Red Lyon (08-Feb.)
A sport of Gala. Very late, Much more red coloured than Gala
Red Rome (02-Feb.)
Dual purpose. December-April. A more highly coloured clone of Rome Beauty. Originated in Barnley, Australia. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1950. Fruits have creamy white, rather coarse textured, juicy flesh with little flavour.
Red Statesman (01-Dec.)
A more highly coloured clone of Australian variety 'Statesman'. Discovered in 1914 in New Zealand. Fruits have firm, pale creamy white flesh with a sweet, subacid to acid flavour.
Reine Des Pommes (02-Feb.)
No description available at this time.
Reinette A Longue Queue (02-Feb.)
Received by the National Fruit Trials from France. Recorded in 1831. Fruits have firm, rather coarse, greenish white flesh with a sweetish, slightly aromatic flavour.
Reinette Courthay (01-Dec.)
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Switzerland. Fruits have soft, coarse, greenish white flesh with an acid flavour.
Reinette De Geer (01-Dec.)
Raised by Van Mons, Belgium and named after Baron de Geer. First fruited in 1815. Fruits have fine, compact, crisp, yellowish flesh with a sweet, subacid, aromatic flavour.