Bellaqueeny

Culinary / Dessert apple

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received 1948.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
flat to intermediate, truncate-conic, convex ^b

Fruit Height
52 mm ^b

Fruit Width
70 mm ^b

Ribbing
ribbed at eye and on body ^b

Ground Colour
yellow ^b

Over Colour
half to three quarters flushed and striped bright red ^b

Flesh Colour
creamy white ^b

Flesh Texture
soft, loose, ^b

Flavour
acid ^b

Accession No.
1948 - 743   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948. Fruits have soft flesh with an acid flavour.

Accession name
Bellaqueeny

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid August ^a

Size
large ^a

Type
Culinary / Dessert ^a

Shape
Truncate conical ^a

Ribbing
strong ^a

Crown
medium-strong ^a

Ground Colour
Yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
absent ^a

Firmness
soft ^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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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