Belle Ente

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 202   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from France. Fruits have sweet, crisp, white flesh.

Accession name
Belle Ente

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low-medium 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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