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Belledge Pippin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Synonyms:
- Belledge, Bellidge Pippin
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 60.00mm 2
- Width
- 63.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1949 - 134
Received by the National Fruit Trials from Derbyshire, England. First recorded in 1818. Fruits have coarse, soft flesh with an acid flavour.
- Accession name
- Belledge Pippin
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
19th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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