Belle de Boskoop

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary / Dessert

Introduced

1856

Origin

Boskoop, Netherlands

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 17.0 °Bx
Fruit height: 61.0 mm
Fruit width: 73.9 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

Boskoop is a large Dutch apple with dull green to yellow skin, sometimes blushed with red. It has a firm, coarse texture and subacid flavor that becomes milder late in season, making it suitable for culinary purposes and general market use rather than fresh eating. Originating in 1856 as a chance seedling in the Netherlands, it had been introduced to New York more than twenty-five years before 1905, but Beach judged it only marginally worth testing and not ready to recommend for widespread planting.

Flavor & Texture

aromaticacidicfirmcoarse_grainedtenderjuicycrisp

Best Uses

cookingbaking_pie

4 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.

Lineage

Parents

Unknown Apple Reinette de Montfort

Offspring

Alfa 68

Origin & History

Status: heritage
Origin type: chance seedling
Original breeder: Ottolander family

brisksubacid

Disease Resistance

Fire blight: moderately susceptible

Cornell Apple Variety Database.

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 300258
UK National Fruit Collection: 450
Wikidata: Q504565