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Belle de France

Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1982 from Switzerland. Very late flowering variety.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
20th May (10%) · 23rd May (full) · 1st June (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Culinary
Crown
absent
Shape
Flat globose
Width
64.13 mm
Height
52.48 mm
Russet
absent
Ribbing
very weak
Firmness
soft
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Greenish
Ground colour
Whitish green
Over colour amount
low
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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