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Belle de Longue
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated with Lefant of Longue, France. And introduced by Leroy in 1889. First fruited in about 1884. Fruits have soft, white flesh with a rather insipid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Krasavitsa iz Longe, Schoner aus Longue
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1950 - 116
- Accession name
- Belle de Longue
- Flowering time ›››
- 13th May10% flowering
18th MayFull (80%) flowering
27th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Flat 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- solid flush 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Coarseness
- fine 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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