Red Belle de Boskoop
Culinary / Dessert apple
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 a
Size
large a
Type
Culinary / Dessert a
Shape
Broad globose conical a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
very weak a
Ground Colour
Yellow a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
solid flush a
Firmness
firm a
Flesh Colour
Yellowish a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register