Bouet de Bonnetable

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Size
medium 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Broad globose conical 2

Height
54.00 mm 2

Width
60.00 mm 2

Ribbing
medium 2

Ground Colour
Green yellow 2

Over Colour
Orange 2

Russet
very low 2

Firmness
soft 2

Flesh Colour
Greenish 2

Accession No.
1948 - 263   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from France. Fruits have soft flesh with a sweet, subacid to acid flavour.

Accession name
Bouet de Bonnetable

Flowering time
15th May 10% flowering
20th May Full (80%) flowering
28th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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