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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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