Belle de Tours

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

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 1

Size
large-very large 1

Type
Culinary 1

Shape
Narrow conical 1

Height
79.61 mm 1

Width
81.78 mm 1

Ribbing
medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1

Russet
low 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Juiciness
juicy-very juicy 1

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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