Red Belle de Boskoop Apple

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Red Belle de Boskoop

Culinary / Dessert apple

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.

Parentage: Sport of Belle de Boskoop

Flowering time:

2nd May 10% flowering

8th May Full (80%) flowering

15th May 90% petal fall

Picking time: Early October

Size: large

Shape: Broad globose conical

Ribbing: weak-medium

Crown: very weak

Ground Colour: Yellow

Over Colour:Red

Over Colour Pattern: solid flush

Flesh Colour: Yellowish

Source: www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk

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