Vlaanderens Roem Rode Boskoop

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 605   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Belgium. Fruits have soft, fine, creamy white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Accession name
Vlaanderens Roem Rode Boskoop

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
large-very large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
solid flush 1

Russet
very low 1

Firmness
soft 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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