Coeur de Boeuf
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
An apple of French origin. Known since 1200s. Fruits have soft, greenish veined pink flesh with a sweet subacid, aromatic flavour.
Synonyms:
Blut Apfel, Bruindeling, Caillot Rosat, Calville Coeur de Bocuf, Claudine de Provence, Cocur Boeuf, Couchine, Couchine de Caillot Rosat, Couchine de Provence, Couchine Rouge, de Boeuf, de Caillot Rosat, de Rouveau, de Rouviau, du Rouveau, Grosse Rouge, Grosse-Pomme Rouge, Ochsenherz, Paradis Rouge, Pomme de Boeuf, Rot Apfel, Rouveau, Sanguine, Sanguinole
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
large 2
Type
Culinary 2
Shape
Flat globose 2
Height
79.00 mm 2
Width
92.00 mm 2
Ribbing
medium 2
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 2
Over Colour
Purple 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2
Firmness
soft 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Coeur de Boeuf
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register