Belle de Longue
syn. Krasavitsa iz Longe, Schoner aus Longue
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated with Lefant of Longue, France. And introduced by Leroy in 1889. First fruited in about 1884. Fruits have soft, white flesh with a rather insipid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 13th May (10%) · 18th May (full) · 27th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- insipid
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye and on body
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- flat, conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 62-66 mm
- Over colour
- brownish orange flush
- Russet type
- some russet
- Flesh colour
- white
- Fruit height
- 51-54 mm
- Skin texture
- greasy
- Flesh texture
- fine, soft
- Ground colour
- green-yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Flat
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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