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Joybells
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Will Tayler at Godalming, Surrey. Records show that trees were grafted in about 1914. It received an Award of Merit from the RHS in 1922. Fruits are crisp and juicy with a sweet and pleasant flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Joy Bells
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Globose conical 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 57.00mm 2
- Width
- 75.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1957 - 183
- Accession name
- Joybells
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late September 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019