New Bess Pool

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised before 1850 by J. Stevens at Stanton-by-Dale, Yorkshire. Fruits have crisp, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Synonyms:
Besspool (new), New Bess Poole

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Bess Pool x Unknown

Size
medium ^b

Type
Dessert ^b

Shape
Flat ^b

Height
57.00 mm ^b

Width
69.00 mm ^b

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^b

Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high ^b

Over Colour
Brown ^b

Crunch
crisp ^b

Flesh Colour
Greenish ^b

Accession No.
1929 - 036   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
New Bess Pool

Flowering time
13th May 10% flowering
19th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

---

References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register