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 the Diel-Dochnahl apple classification system.[1][2] 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