Bebe Rose
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1947 - 350
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from France. Fruits have firm, tender flesh with a sweet to subacid flavour.
- Accession name
- Bebe Rose
- Flowering time ›››
- 30th April10% flowering
6th MayFull (80%) flowering 12th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- small 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Ribbing
- strong 1
- Crown
- strong 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- very low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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