of Eaubonne Orchard

Many apple varieties preserved in the orchard do not appear in any french pomological book. We tried to list them and to find descriptions.
If you are able to complete it (descriptions, sources, etc.) send me an e-mail : Contact

E7 Reinette Bergamote
" After ten years of assiduous work bearing on hybridation and oriented education of hybrids, Mitchourine had created precious varieties of apple: Antonovka 1-1/2 pound, Reinette Sakharny, Reinette-Bergamote (vegetative hybrid of apple-tree and pear-tree), Slavianka, Trouvor; pear : Beurré kozlovskaïa; plum: Reine-Claude zolotisty, Reine-Claude chélonski, Tiorn sladki, etc. He enriched in this way the russian horticulture with many high quality and high productive varieties."
(A. Bakharev, 1954).
Source : http://www.ceps.org/i-m.htm

E9 Bella Rosa
No source found.

E15 Calville Lombard
Probably a slip for Calville Lombarts [Lombarts Calville].
Sources:
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/acchtml.pl?1022029
http://www.webvalley.co.uk/brogdale/displayapple.php?p_id=2906
http://www.baumgartner-baumschulen.de/index.html#/obstsorten/apfel/lombartskalvill.html [in German]
Source : http://www.tuinkrant.com/plantengids/fruit/nbs/appelen/ [in Dutch, with photo]

E17 Alison Pearmain
No source found.

E22 Grosse de St Clément
A synonym for the well-known Gloria Mundi, according to the National Fruit Collection.

Idem in A Handbook of Hardy Fruits More Commonly Grown in Great Britain, by Edward Ashdown Bunyard (1920).

Gloria Mundi has been described by Hogg.

[Also in the catalog of Jouve-Racamond Nurseries (France)?]

E34 Conard
" (Ben Davis X Jonathan)
The Conard is a vigourous tree resembling Jonathan and bearing regular, large crops, equal to Ben Davis. The fruit is almost entirely red, large, round or conic, tart and fine grained. In appearance, it resembles Jonathan and is often confused with it. The quality is fair to good, not as good as Jonathan but much better than Ben Davis. The flesh is white, crisp, moderately juicy and firm; a good storage apple wich ripens one week after Jonathan. The variety does not ripen prematurely as Jonathan often does in southern Missouri during hot late summers. The foliage is less susceptible to scab than Jonathan. Introduced 1935."
Source: http://mtngrv.smsu.edu/Publications/MS21Web.pdf

E38 Bergade
An apple from les Cévennes (France), medium, cylindrical and conic, regular, yellow with red wash and stripes. The flesh is tender, juicy and slightly acid. Ripeness: September to October..
Source : Choisel, Chercheur de pommes.

E39 Perasse de Nay
Source : Leterme, Les fruits retrouvés (Editions du Rouergue, 1995) page 164.

F8 Marand Rouge
A picture here.

F17 Vered
From Israël?
Source : http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_MG368

F22 Bordes
Source : Leterme, Les fruits retrouvés (Editions du Rouergue, 1995) page 166.

F30 Reinette Rouge de Martrange
No source found under the exact name.

The National Fruit Collection gives Martrange Rouge as a synonym for Chataignier.

The Croqueurs de Pommes de Touraine (France) have produced a detailed description of Martrange.

F33 Calville de Mleiev
No source found.

Млі́їв (Mliiv) in Ukain (49°20' Nord 31°32' Est) on the river Вільшанка ( Vilshanka) is located 45 km est of Cherkasy. Population 2010 : 4356 habitants.
On its territory is located the Pomological Simirenko Institute, named after the famous ukrainian pomologist Levko Platonovitch Simirenko who founded a nursery in his home town of Mliiv, which in 1912 contained more than 3000 variety of plants (900 different varieties of apples, 889 of pears, 350 of cherries, 115 of peaches, 56 of apricots, 166 of gooseberries, 45 of walnuts, and also 937 varieties of roses and numerous lilacs, conifrous trees and other shrubs). The nursery became afterwards a research institute where are created new apple varieties among other things.
Source : http://ipom.ck.ua/index.php/uk/history.html

[In the catalog of Coulon Nurseries (France)?]

F34 Pomme Bougie
Described in Choisel Guide des pommes (Hervas, 1995) but mistakenly placed under Kandil Sinap.

A description and a beautiful photo in Les Pommes, une Passion by Pascal Vin (Nathan, 1991).
Synonym Grillet ou Grillot. From Doubs (France).
"Tree is upright like a candelabra, fruit is cylindrical, pale yellow flushed with red on the sunny side.
Slender and medium stem, shallow and very wrinkled cavity , ripens November-January.
Good quality, standard trees, scab resistant."

A photo on http://croqpom52.free.fr/varietes/p1174001.htm

F36 Malville
No source found.

F37 Jolyne
A variety grown in the National Fruit Collection.
"Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1950 from Correze, France. Flesh is a little coarse, dry and white with a subacid flavour."
Described by Muriel W.G.Smith in National Apple Register of the United Kingdom (1971, reprinted 2002).
Description at http://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?id=3061&&fruit=apple

G6 Hereford Pomeroy
Synonym of Pomeroy of Herefordshire.

The Fruit Manual: Containing The Descriptions And Synonyms Of The Fruits And Fruit Trees Of Great Britain, by Robert Hogg.
"There are two or three very distinct varieties, which, in different parts of the country, are known by the name of Pomeroy. One is that which is cultivated in Somersetshire and the West of England, another is peculiar to Herefordshire and Worcestershire, and the third to Lancashire and the Northern counties.
Pomeroy of Herefordshire (Kirke's Fame; Peach; Sussex Peach; Russet Pine). - Fruit, below medium size, two inches and three-eighths wide, and two inches high; roundish and depressed, angular, especially about the eye. Skin, greenish yellow, with traces of russet where shaded; on the side next the sun it is covered with a large patch of dense cinnamon-coloured russet, and between this and the shaded side are a few broken streaks of bright crimson; the whole surface is covered with large russet dots. Eye, closed, with convergent segments, which are reflexed at the tips, set in a pretty deep and angular basin. Stamens, median, inclining to marginal; tube, conical. Stalk, short, or half an inch long, rather deeply inserted. Flesh, yellowish, tender, juicy, sweet, and of a delicious flavour. Cells, roundish obovate; axile, open.
A very richly flavoured dessert apple; in use during September and the early part of October.
The name is a corruption of Pomme du Roi (the King's Apple)."
Source : http://chestofbooks.com/gardening-horticulture/Robert-Hogg/The-Fruit-Manual-Great-Britain/Apples-Part-143.html#.UhXgSX_VcTY.

POMEROY OF HEREFORDSHIRE Given to us by Hilary Wilson who had it from Philip Rainford of the Northern Fruit Group. Hogg recorded three different Pomeroys though it was previously known that the name was used differently in different regions. Hogg (1884) believed that the name Pomeroy (Pome-Roy, or King’s Apple) went back to Norman Britain rather than being of French origin. The Herefordshire Pomeroy is on the small side of medium size, rounded and slightly angular, especially round the eye, sometimes conical. The skin is greenish yellow, with some russet in the shade, and deep crimson colouring and cinnamon russet in the sun. The flesh is yellow, juicy and sweet with a good flavour. Ripe in September and storing for a month or so. Probably very old.
Pollination Group 3
Source : http://www.bernwodefruittrees.co.uk/descriptions/apple40.htm

G11 Knyche
Probably Knysche, a synonym for Rambour Podolskii according to the National Fruit Collection..

G14 Reinette du Buisson
"Quite large in size, round and a bit flat.
When ripe, skin is yellow in the background, slightly carmine-coloured on the sunny side, stained or even sometimes mottled with russet.
Flesh is yellow, firm, fine-grained, aromatic. Very good quality.
Very good resistance to parasites.
Distribution area: Loire Atlantique south part of Ille-et-Vilaine (France).
Recommended to amateurs for standard or dwarf trees.
Picking date: October.
Eating ripeness: December to March. "
Source : www.fruitsdebretagne.net, Les Mordus de la Pomme.

G16 Beaurichard
Eating and cider apple grown in Indre and Creuse (France), spherical, pale yellow sometimes pink washed, with a coarse flesh, tender, juicy and slightly acid. Eating ripeness: October to January.
Source : Choisel, Chercheur de pommes.

G17 Franc Roseau du Valais
Usually Franc Roseau.

G18 William's Favorite
"(Williams, Williams Apple, Southern Queen) - A wonderful old southern apple well known for its adaptability to most growing conditions. The tree arose around 1750 on the farm of Captain Benjamin Williams in Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 1830, it was introduced to the public by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society where it was renamed William’s Favorite. It soon worked its way into the southern states during the latter part of the 19th century. The apple resembles Red Delicious, but is brighter red and ripens earlier. It demonstrates resistance to fireblight. Fruit is medium to large, conical, and sometimes lobed or angular. Skin is smooth and whitish-yellow with two shades of red wash and stripes. The yellowish-white flesh is tender, moderately juicy, and stained red at the core line. Ripens in July."
Source : http://www.bighorsecreekfarm.com/descriptions4.htm

G19 Grive Rouge
A more coloured sport of James Grieve.
Source : Delbard, Les beaux fruits de France d'hier et d'aujourd'hui.

G21 Chémiranie Rouge
No source found.

G25 Rose de Marendeau
No source found.

G26 Henry Clay
This apple originated before 1890 at the hands of W. H. Knight of Hopkins County, Kentucky. In 1910, it was purchased by Stark Bro’s Nursery and sold as an early season yellow apple rivaling the better-known Yellow Transparent. Fruit is medium sized, conical or lopsided in shape with pale yellow skin with a light pink blush on the sunny side. The greenish-white flesh is soft and slightly acid. Ripens June to July.
Source : http://www.bighorsecreekfarm.com/descriptions2.htm

See also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xzbNPr7zuI

G27 Belle de Mleiev
No source found.

See Calville de Mleiev above.

G28 Reinette de Broyouhels
No source found.

G29 Reinette d'Anetz
No source found.
A quotation on: http://association.fruits.oublies.pagesperso-orange.fr/catagref.html

G31 Reinette Habert
Probably Reinette Harbert.

H7 Faurot
(Ben Davis X Jonathan)
"The Faurot is less susceptible to blight than Jonathan and not subject to cancker like Ben Davis. The fruit resembles Jonathan in size and color. One distinguishing characteristic is a considerable number of large conspicuous dots. It has good quality, not quite equaling Jonathan but approaching it closely. As it ripens with Winesap, it is much less likely to drop prematurely in southern Missouri. The tree is a strong grower of normal shape and produces excellent foliage and large crops of late-keeping apples. Introduced 1935."
Source : http://mtngrv.smsu.edu/Publications/MS21Web.pdf

H9 Kendall
(McIntosh X Zusoff)
"Raised in 1912 at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, by Richard Wellington. It was introduced in 1932. Fruits have soft flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour."
Source : http://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?id=3169&&fruit=apple

"The Kendall apple is a cross between the Zusoff and McIntosh. It was raised in 1912 by R. Wellington and introduced in 1932. This apple is larger than the McIntosh and keeps longer too. The flesh is soft, sweet, and is very juicy. This apple is ready in October."
Source : http://dmhf.tripod.com/apples.html

H10 Berner Rosen Apfel
Described in Kessler, Pomologie Illustrée, 1949 (Apfelsorten der Schweiz, 1945).

A photo on:www.baumschule-boysen.de/images/berner-rosenapfel.jpg

"Discovered by nurseryman Daepp of Oppligen, Switzerland. First fruited in 1888. Fruits have fine, greenish white tinged red flesh with a subacid, aromatic flavour."
Source : http://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?id=526&&fruit=apple

H12 Cleopatra
Described in The New Book of Apples, by Joan Margan (2002).
"ORTLEY Syn Cleopatra 5 L D
USA; arose in orchard of Michael Ortley, New Jersey. Desc 1817 by Coxe as Woolman's Long Pippin; Woolman was famous quaker preacher. Sent 1825 to London Hort Soc as Ortley Pippin. Renamed Cleopatra 1872; known by this name in Australia and New Zealand.
Savoury, crisp, juicy, cream flesh; tough skin.
Grown 1920-30s in all Australian apple states, but mainly Tasmania, also New zealand; exported to UK. Still grown in Australia.
F 12. T1; sprd. C hvy; prn bitter pit. P l-Oct. S Nov-Mar." (Flower 12th May. Tree vigour weak, spread. Crop heavy; prone to bitter bit. Picking late-October. Storage November-March.)

See also the National Fruit Collection.
"Originated in New Jersey, USA in the orchard of Michael Ortley. Described in 1817 as Woolman's Long Pippin. Re-named Ortley in 1825. In 1872, the commercial synonym Cleopatra came into use. Fruits have tender, very juicy flesh with a pleasant mild flavour. Fruits bruise easily. Tree tends to be biennial."
Source : http://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?id=4435&&fruit=apple
.

H13 Joseph Musch
Very large apple from Belgium, yellow with red wash and stripes; white flesh moderately fine-grained, juicy, balanced. Eating ripeness: October and winter.
Source : Choisel, Chercheur de pommes.

" MUSCH Joseph (Maestricht April 5th 1820 - Liège March 22nd 1870).
Rentier, member of the SRHLg [Royal Horticultural Society of Liege]. An apple variety was created by him under the name "Joseph Musch" that was commercialized in 1872 by GALOPIN Nurseries. It is still grown nowadays by fruit lovers". [Translated from French.]
Source : http://www.pomologie.com/oc/bibliobelgique/index.html

See also: http://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?varid=3095&&acc=1996023&&fruit=apple

H18 Crimson Peasgood
A more highly coloured sport of Peasgood's Nonsuch. It was planted at the National Fruit Trials in 1931. Fruits cook well.
Source : http://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?id=1376&&fruit=apple

H19 Grosse de Chirac
No source found.

H23 Schweizer Orangenapfel
Cox Orange X Ontario
Raised in 1935 at Eidg. Versuchsanstalt [ Federal Experimental Laboratory] at Wadenswil, Switzerland. Released in 1955. Fruits have firm, creamy white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Source : http://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?varid=5700&&acc=1956014&&fruit=apple

H24 Canada Rouge
Probably the French translation of Canada Red.

"Canada Red ( Bristol, Canada Redstreak, Nonesuch, Nonsuch, Old Nonsuch, Red Canada, Red Winter, Richfield Nonsuch, Steele's Red Winter, Steel's Red, Winter Nonsuch) - The origin is unclear but probably arose in New England in the early 1800's. It is thought to have been brought into Western New York from near Toronto, Canada, and raised commercially in that region as Canada Red. Fruit is medium to large and mostly uniform in shape. Skin is smooth, tough and clear yellow overspread with a deep red blush and darker red striping. The firm, crisp and juicy fine-grained flesh is whitish with tints of yellow or green. Rich and aromatic, it is a very fine fresh eating apple. Ripens in late Fall."

Sources :
http://www.bighorsecreekfarm.com/descriptions1.htm
http://applejournal.com/var005.htm

H29 Belle Fleur de Krasny
Bellefleur Krasny
"Raised in 1924, Calville shaped H 60mm L 80mm 158 g. Stem: very long, dark red. Calyx: closed. Cavity: deep, wrinkled. Endocarp: wide with closed cells. Seeds: medium sized, bulging, red. Flesh is juicy, soft, fine-grained, sweet and acidulous, pale rose under the skin and in the endocarp.
Eating ripeness: February-March, but can be eaten as early as December. Elastical branches, fruits hanging well even by strong wind. Good bearer. First quality (in 1950). "
Source : Œuvres Choisies, Mitchourine page 349 / 351.

See also: http://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?varid=495&&acc=1975342&&fruit=apple

H38 Celina
No source found.

I8 Rouge des Cévennes
No source found.

I9 Châtaigne
No source found.

I18 De Feu
The "De Feu" apple is a local variety of Auvergne, France. The mother-tree is in Le Quartier (Puy-de-Dôme)
There is a De Feu in the National Fruit Collection but from the Indre, quite distant from the Puy-de-Dôme.

I23 Reinette Aneth
No source found.

I27 Réau d'Argonne
There is a Réaux in the National Fruit Collection

See also: http://www.menouetsesvoisinsdargonne.fr/spip.php?page=imprimir_articulo&id_article=185
http://clubculinaire-vvv.blogspot.fr/2011/10/nos-bonnes-pommes-d-argonne.html
http://www.pomologie.com/pomme1/fpommes/reaux/reaux.html .

I28 Reinetille
Reinetille de Villecomtal ?
Source : Leterme, Les fruits retrouvés (Editions du Rouergue, 1995) page 182.