Reinette Simirenko

The Reinette Simirenko is an antique apple variety. The fruit has tender, crisp, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavor.[1] It was the most widely grown variety in the Soviet Union.[2]

Reinette Simirenko

Cosmonauts took Reinette Simirenko into space,[3] lending popularity to the story that this variety originated in the garden of Ukrainian Leo Simirenko[4]

References

Adelmann, Arllys (2001). Fruit, berry, and nut inventory. Seed Savers Exchange. p. 138. ISBN 9781882424573.
"Apples". California Farmer. 266. 1987.
"3 Acres of History Center Seeks to Preserve Rare Varieties of Apples". Los Angeles Times. 26 July 1987. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
Theordorson, George A.; K. Peter Etzkorn; Wsevolod W. Isajiw (December 1979). "Alex Simirenko" (PDF). Footnotes. American Sociological Association. 7 (9): 5.

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[1] Adelmann, Arllys (2001). Fruit, berry, and nut inventory. Seed Savers Exchange. p. 138. ISBN 9781882424573.

[2] "Apples". California Farmer. 266. 1987.

[3] "3 Acres of History Center Seeks to Preserve Rare Varieties of Apples". Los Angeles Times. 26 July 1987. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

[4] Theordorson, George A.; K. Peter Etzkorn; Wsevolod W. Isajiw (December 1979). "Alex Simirenko" (PDF). Footnotes. American Sociological Association. 7 (9): 5.