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Heusgen's Golden Reinette

A bright red flushed apple with a strong sharp fruity flavour.

Origin: Germany, 1877

Pollination: Heusgen's Golden Reinette is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.  Pollination partners

Heusgen's Golden Reinette apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2024

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

FormRootstockPriceQuantity
MaidenM9Dwarfing £39.00
MaidenM26Semi-dwarfing £39.00
MaidenMM106Semi-vigorous £39.00
MaidenMM111Vigorous £39.00
MaidenM25Very vigorous £39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2025. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Heusgen's Golden Reinette

Raised in Germany by Pastor Konrad Henzen of Elsen, Germany and introduced c 1877. Named after the pomologist Peter Heusgen. Popularised in England in the 1920’s by Bunyard’s Nursery.

A medium/large sized apple. Flat to flat-round shape. Distinctly ribbed and five-crowned at the apex. Background skin colour is greenish yellow becoming golden yellow. Half to almost completely flushed bright red with broken dark red stripes. Rather rough russet on the base. The flesh is pale yellow, tinted orange. Quite acid in November but mellowing to a pleasant flavour.

A tree of moderate vigour. Hardy and a good cropper.

Characteristics of Heusgen's Golden Reinette apple trees

UseDessert
ColourFlushed
FlavourSavoury
Fruit sizeMedium
Picking timeMid Oct
Season of useDec-Mar
Tree vigourModerate
Tree habitUpright-spreading
Fruit-bearingSpur-bearer
CroppingGood
Disease resistanceScab - Resistant
Pollination date17
Pollination groupE
Self-fertilitySelf-sterile
PollinatorsPollination partners