// 3. ORLEANS REINETTE

(also known as ‘Winter Ribston’). Considered one of the best late dessert apples. Keeps until February in natural storage and later in cold store. Medium, flattish, round fruit, golden yellow with light red flush and small patches of russeting. Yellow flesh, very crisp and juicy. Vigorous upright growth, then spreading. Heavy cropper. French origin – around 1776.