Belle de France

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1982 - 285   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1982 from Switzerland. Very late flowering variety.

Accession name
Belle de France

Flowering time
20th May 10% flowering
23rd May Full (80%) flowering
1st June 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
Flat globose ^a

Height
52.48 mm ^a

Width
64.13 mm ^a

Ribbing
very weak ^a

Crown
absent ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish green ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped ^a

Russet
absent ^a

Firmness
soft ^a

Flesh Colour
Greenish ^a

References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.