New Bess Pool
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised before 1850 by J. Stevens at Stanton-by-Dale, Yorkshire. Fruits have crisp, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Synonyms:
Besspool (new), New Bess Poole
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Bess Pool x Unknown
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Flat 2
Height
57.00 mm 2
Width
69.00 mm 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 2
Over Colour
Brown 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
New Bess Pool
Flowering time
13th May 10% flowering
19th May Full (80%) flowering
24th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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