Red Belle de Boskoop

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Triploid. A more highly coloured sport of Belle de Boskoop. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1950 from Denmark. Fruits have firm, coarse-textured flesh with a pleasant aromatic flavour. Cooks well.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Sport of Belle de Boskoop

Accession No.
1974 - 500   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Red Belle de Boskoop

Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
large 1

Type
Culinary / Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
very weak 1

Ground Colour
Yellow 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
solid flush 1

Firmness
firm 1

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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