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Belle-Fleur de France
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to be of French origin. Recorded in 1954. Fruits have firm, creamy white, tinged green flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Dobbel Bellefleur, Double Belle Fleur, Double Bellefleur, Double Bon Pommier, Double Bonne Ente, Franc Bon Pommier, Franc-Bon-Pommier, Franse Belle Fleur, Franse Bellefleur, French Bellefleur, French Bellflower, Grosse Bonne Ente
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1948 - 592
- Accession name
- Belle-Fleur de France
- Flowering time ›››
- 13th May10% flowering
19th MayFull (80%) flowering
26th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Ribbing
- strong 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- solid flush 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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