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Reinette
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Also known as Rennet apple

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Reinette (French for "little queen"), often Rennet in English and popular in Italian and Portuguese cuisines as Renetta and Reineta, respectively, is the name of a number of apple cultivars, in the Diel-Lucas and Diel-Dochnahl apple classification systems. Reinettes are divided into the following groups: 1. One-Colored Reinettes, eg., Ananas Reinette, Reinette Franche, Rhode-Island Greening 2. Red Reinettes, eg., Baumans Reinette, Jonathan 3a. Gold Reinettes striped, eg., Blenheim Orange, Cox Orange Pippin, von Zuccalmaglios Reinette 3b. Gold Reinettes blushed, eg., Court of Wick 4. Gray Reinettes, eg., Brownless Russet, Roxbury Russet

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