Belle De Boskoop

Good Apple Info Snapshot:

Solid all-purpose, tart apple.

Good Apple Info Difficulty Rating:

Easy. TRIPLOID ALERT: This variety needs two other varieties with an appropriate bloom time, for full pollenization.

Tree Habit:

Very vigorous, large, and open, with a drooping habit. Can be slow to bear, but a heavy cropper once it does.

Apple Color:

Varying color, usually green to yellow skin that is streaked and flushed red to burgundy.

Size:

Very large apple greenish-orange, lightly russeted skin with a white-green flesh.

Flavor:

tart, sprightly flavor.

Bloom:

Midseason

Ripe:

Late September

History:

Discovered in Boskoop, Netherlands, 1856.

Storage:

Well 6 months. Sweetens in storage.

Uses:

Superb cooking apple highly recommended for making authentic strudel. High acid tartness makes it an excellent cider apple. Boskoops picked later in the fall are much sweeter and are excellent for fresh use.