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Bellefleur de Brabant
type: Cooking, Culinary, Pie
synonyms: Belle de Flandres, Belle Fleur Brabant, Bellefleur Simple, Brabant, Brabant Belle Fleur, Brabant Bellflower, Glory of Flanders, Iron Apple, Large Mouche, New Scarlet Pearmain, Petit Bon Pommier, Petite Belle Fleur, Petite Bonne Ente, Rambour Rouge, Simple Bon Pommier, Strieping, Sweet Laden, Sweet Lading, Sweet Laydon, Sweet Leyden, Westland Bellefleur, Winter Bellefleur
identification: Large, round tending to conic with angular sides. The skin is greenish yellow maturing to lemon yellow, washed red and striped darker red on the sun exposed face. The calyx is medium size and open, set in a somewhat shallow and wide basin. The stem is very short somewhat stout, set in a deep cavity which is typically surrounded by a large patch of russet.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm, crisp and juicy. Sweet, sprightly and aromatic.
uses: A prized heritage cooking apple, well suited for pies and tarts, holding its shape.
origins: Originated in either Netherland or Belgium in the late 1700s.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Spreading. Biennial.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months, becoming sweeter over the first six to eight weeks.
harvest: Late in the fourth period.
pollination group: F
pollination peak: 23
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 4
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