Botden

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

A dark red sport of Belle de Boskoop. Fruits have firm, coarse-textured, sweet and acid flesh with an aromatic flavour.

Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.

Accession No.
1989 - 041   fingerprint   cancel

Accession name
Botden

Flowering time
24th April 10% flowering
26th April Full (80%) flowering
10th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ¹

Size
large ¹

Type
Culinary / Dessert ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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