Reinette Descardre apple
Malus domestica 'Reinette Descardre'
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Reinette Descardre' apple (Malus domestica 'Reinette Descardre') is a tree for the food garden. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. The apples are grown for fresh eating, with firm flesh and a sweet, fruity flavor, and they are ready to pick in late September. Bees visit the spring blooms, and you will need a second apple tree nearby for pollination. Benoit Descardre raised it in the 1820s.
Pairs well with Raspberry, Juneberry, Francee hosta, and Pink Impression tulip.