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Belledge Pippin
type: Cooking, Eating
identification: Medium size tending to small, round and slightly conical. The skin base colour is pale green maturing to yellow and blushed brown on the sun exposed face. Liberally dotted with grey russet spots. The stalk is short and set in a deep cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, tender, soft, sweet, brisk and aromatic. The apple keeps for about three months in cold storage.
uses: This heritage apple was used for fresh eating and cooking.
origins: Derbyshire (UK) 1818
cultivation: Vigorous. Ready for harvest in the middle of the third period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Self sterile. Group D. Day 12.
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