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Brabant Bellefleur

syn. Belfler Brabantskii, Belle de Flandres, Belle Fleur Brabant, Belle Fleur de Brabant, Belle Fleur Kleiner Brabanter, Belle Fleur Simple, Belle-Fleur d'Automne, Belle-Fleur d'Hiver, Belle-Fleur de Brabant, Bellefleur Brabandse Zure, Bellefleur Brabant, Bon pommier, Bon Pommier, Bon-Pommier, Bon-Pommier d'Automne, Brabandsche Belle-Fleur, Brabansche Belle-Fleur, Brabansche Bellefleur, Brabant, Brabant Belle Fleur, Brabant Belle-Fleur, Brabant Belle-Flower, Brabant Bellflower, Brabanter Belle-Fleur, Brabantse Belle-Fleur, Brabantse Bellefleur, de Brabandse Bellefleur Appel, de Brabandse Bellfleur Appel, Enkele Bellefleur, Gloire de Flandes, Gloire de Flandre, Glory of Flanders, Grosser Brabanter Belle Fleur, Iron, Iron Apple, Kenteman's Apfel, Kenteman's Appel, Keulemans, Kleine Belle Fleur, Kleine Bellefleur, Kleine Brabanter Bellefleur, Kleiner Brabanter, Kleiner Brabanter Belle Fleur, Kleiner Brabanter Belle-Fleur, Koolappel, Large Mouche, New Scarlet Pearmain, Petit Bon Pommier, Petite Belle Fleur, Petite Bonne Ente, Rambour Rouge, Strieping, Sweet Laden, Sweet Lading, Sweet Laydon, Sweet Leyden, Westland Bellefleur, Westlandische Belle Fleur, Westlandse Bellefleur, Winter Belle-Fleur, Winter Bellefleur

Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Thought to be of either Flemish or Dutch origin. It was brought to notice in the late 1700s. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1901. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a sweet, subacid, slightly aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late October
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet, subacid, slightly aromatic
Fruit size
medium to large
Fruit shape
intermediate, truncate-conic, convex
Over colour
flushed orange red, red stripes
Flesh colour
yellowish white
Flesh texture
firm, crisp
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Culinary
Crown
weak
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
69.66 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
58.75 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
firm
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour amount
medium
Over colour pattern
striped/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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