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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