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.Find pollination partners >

British-grown All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

Heusgen's Golden Reinette apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2026

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:

Form	Rootstock	Price
Maiden	M9Dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	M26Semi-dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	MM106Semi-vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	MM111Vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	M25Very vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2027. 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

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Savoury
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Mid Oct
Season of use	Dec-Mar
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Disease resistance	Scab - Resistant
Pollination date	17
Pollination group	E
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners