Belle-Fleur de Saint-Benoit

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received by NFT 1947.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Size
small-medium ^b

Type
Culinary ^b

Shape
Ellipsoid ^b

Ribbing
medium ^b

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^b

Over Colour
Red ^b

Firmness
firm ^b

Flesh Colour
Greenish ^b

Accession No.
1947 - 163   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from France. Fruits have firm, acid flesh.

Accession name
Belle-Fleur de Saint-Benoit

Flowering time
12th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
25th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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