page_title: King of the Pippins
hierarchical_section_title: King of the Pippins
caption_attribution_description: English: Illustration 42 from Deutsche Pomologie - Aepfel Apple cultivar shown: Röthliche Reinette
context_page_description: King of the Pippins or Reine de Reinettes is an old cultivar of domesticated apple originating from France, and is still used in its original form as well as in many derivative cultivars that have been bred from it. It was also formerly known as Golden Winter Pearmain, because of its ripening period at late fall.
  Unlike most apple cultivars it is slightly self-fertile.
  It earned the Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1993.
context_section_description: King of the Pippins or Reine de Reinettes (French) is an old cultivar of domesticated apple originating from France, and is still used in its original form as well as in many derivative cultivars that have been bred from it. It was also formerly known as Golden Winter Pearmain, because of its ripening period at late fall.
  Unlike most apple cultivars it is slightly self-fertile.
  It earned the Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1993.
caption: 'King of the Pippins' in Deutsche Pomologie
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