Belle de Tours
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Received 1947. Origin: Received from France.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- acid
- Ribbing
- ribbed
- Fruit size
- large
- Fruit shape
- tall, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 90 mm
- Over colour
- flushed and striped dark red
- Flesh colour
- white and cream
- Fruit height
- 90 mm
- Flesh texture
- crisp
- Ground colour
- yellow and green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Culinary
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Narrow conical
- Width
- 81.78 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 79.61 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Juiciness
- juicy-very juicy
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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