Yellow Belleflower

Yellow Belleflower
From
Crosswick
Flesh quality
firm, crisp, moderately fine-grained, rather tender, juicy, aromatic, rather too acid early in the season but later its acidity becomes somewhat subdued.
Flesh color
white, yellow tinged
Skin quality
smooth, bright
Skin color
yellow, brown-red, pink-red blushed, white
Sizes
small, very large, large
Shape
round, irregular, ribbed, oblong, ovate, elliptical, conical, unequal sides
Keeping quality
In cold storage it keeps about with Tompkins King, but not as well as Rhode Island Greening.
Uses
dessert, culinary
Eating season starts in
December
Eating season ends in
April
Also known as
Belle Flavoise
Belle-flour Jaune
Belle-Fleur
Belle-Flower
Bell-Flower
Bell Flower
Bellflower
Bishop's Pippin of Nova Scotia
Gelber Bellefleur
Gelber Belle Fleur
Gelber Englischer Schonbluhender
Gul. Bellefleur
Lady Washington
Lincoln Pippin
Lineous Pippin
Metagerapfel
Metzger
Metzger's Calvill
Yellow Belle Fleur
Yellow Bellefleur
Yellow Belleflower
Warren Pippin
Weisser Metzgerapfel
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