Bellefleur Krasny

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

This apple is of Russian origin. It was raised in 1914. Fruits have sweet, firm but rather dry flesh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1975 - 342   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Bellefleur Krasny

Flowering time
28th April 10% flowering
3rd May Full (80%) flowering
11th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October ¹

Size
medium-large ¹

Type
Dessert ¹

Shape
Globose ¹

Ribbing
weak-medium ¹

Crown
medium ¹

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ¹

Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high ¹

Over Colour
Red ¹

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/solid flush ¹

Russet
very low ¹

Crunch
crisp ¹

Flesh Colour
Pinkish ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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