Belle de Pontoise
syn. Belle Pontoise, Frumos de Pontoise, Pontoiske, Pontuazskaia krasavita, Pontuazskaya krasavitsa, Schoener von Pontoise, Schoner aus Pontoise, Schoner von Pontoise
Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised 1869. From France. Raised by Remy pere of Pontoise. Introduced 1879.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 28th April (10%) · 30th April (full) · 10th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- slightly ribbed at eye and on body, base to apex
- Fruit size
- large
- Fruit shape
- flat, rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 75-80 mm
- Over colour
- flushed orange, striped red
- Russet type
- some russet
- Flesh colour
- white
- Fruit height
- 55 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm, tender, crisp
- Ground colour
- yellow-green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Culinary / Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 89.36 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 64.57 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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