Belle de Tours

Culinary apple

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received 1947. Origin: Received from France.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
large ^b

Fruit Shape
tall, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex ^b

Fruit Height
90 mm ^b

Fruit Width
90 mm ^b

Ribbing
ribbed ^b

Ground Colour
yellow and green ^b

Over Colour
flushed and striped dark red ^b

Flesh Colour
white and cream ^b

Flesh Texture
crisp ^b

Flavour
acid ^b

Accession No.
1947 - 295   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from France. Fruits have crisp, white flesh with an acid flavour.

Accession name
Belle de Tours

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

Size
large-very large ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
Narrow conical ^a

Height
79.61 mm ^a

Width
81.78 mm ^a

Ribbing
medium ^a

Crown
medium ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush ^a

Russet
low ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Juiciness
juicy-very juicy ^a

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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