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 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Culinary 1

Shape
Flat globose 1

Height
52.48 mm 1

Width
64.13 mm 1

Ribbing
very weak 1

Crown
absent 1

Ground Colour
Whitish green 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 1

Russet
absent 1

Firmness
soft 1

Flesh Colour
Greenish 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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