Belvoir Seedling
syn. Belvoir Castle
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by W.H. Divers, probably at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1935. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a sweet to subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 9th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 65.00 mm
- Height
- 47.50 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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