Bellaqueeny

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

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 ¹

Size
large ¹

Type
Culinary / Dessert ¹

Shape
Truncate conical ¹

Ribbing
strong ¹

Crown
medium-strong ¹

Ground Colour
Yellow ¹

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium ¹

Over Colour
Red ¹

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ¹

Russet
absent ¹

Firmness
soft ¹

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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