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Yellow Bellflower

syn. Belfiore giallo, Belfler zheltyi, Bell Flower, Bell-Flower, Belle Fleur jaune, Belle Flavoise, Belle Fleur, Belle Flower, Belle-Flavoise, Belle-Fleur, Belle-Fleur jaune, Belle-Fleur Yellow, Belle-Flower, Bellefleur jaune, Bellefleur Yellow, Belleflour jaune, Bellflower, Bishop's Pippin, Bishop's Pippin of Nova Scotia, Calville Metzger, Connecticut Seek-no-Further, Frumos galben, Gelber Belle Fleur, Gelber Belle-Fleur, Gelber Bellefleur, Gelber englischer schon bluhender Apfel, Gelber Englischer Schonbluhender, Gelber Englischer Schonbluhender Apfel, Gold Calvill, Gul Bellefleur, Gul Bellflor, Jalt Belflior, Jellow Belle flower, Jioltti belflior, Krasokvet Americky, Krasokvet Zluty, Krasotvet, Lady Washington, Lincoln Pippin, Lineous Pippin, Linnaeus Pippin, Linneous Peppin, Linneous Pippin, Linneusza, Linnoeus Pippin, Linocus Pippin, Linous Pippin, Metzger Apfel, Metzger Calvill, Metzger Calville, Metzger's Calvill, Metzgerapfel, Metzgers Calvill, Metzgers Calville, Metzgers Kalvill, Mrs. Barron, Pepin de Linne, Pepina Lineusza, Pepina Linneusza, Pepina Linneyo, Reinette Musc, Reinette Musque, Reinette Musquee, Sarga Belle-fleur, Sarga szopviragu, Seek-no-Further, The Bishop Pippin, Warren Pippin, Weisser Metzger Apfel, Weisser Metzgerapfel, Westfield Seek-no-Further, White Belle-Flower, White Bellflower, White Detroit, Yellow Belle Fleur, Yellow Belle Flower, Yellow Belle-Fleur, Yellow Bellefleur, Yellow Bellfleur, Zluty Kveton

Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated near Crosswicks, Burlington County, New Jersey, U.S.A. It was old in 1817. Fruits have moderately firm, crisp, creamy white flesh with a sweet, slightly subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
4th May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet, slightly subacid
Ribbing
prominent ribs at eye, ribbed on body
Fruit size
large to medium
Fruit shape
tall to intermediate, conic to truncate-conic, convex to concave
Fruit width
64-80 mm
Over colour
occasional orange-red flush
Russet type
many russet dots and sometimes netting
Flesh colour
creamy white
Fruit height
65-80 mm
Flesh texture
moderately firm, crisp
Ground colour
yellow to golden
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Culinary / Dessert
Crown
strong
Shape
Globose conical
Width
75.23 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
78.41 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
firm
Juiciness
juicy
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour amount
very low
Over colour pattern
washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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