1 / 3Bess Pool
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dual Purpose
Bess Pool is an apple of above-medium size with yellow skin washed and striped with red when exposed to sun. The flesh is white, tender, and juicy with a fine, sugary, and vinous flavor. An excellent dual-purpose apple (culinary or dessert) in season from November to March, grown on a hardy, vigorous tree that bears abundantly and flowers late, protecting it from spring frosts.
Flavor & Texture
sweetfirmtenderdry
Best Uses
fresh_eating
Lineage
Origin & History
- Status
- commercial
- Origin type
- chance seedling
sugaryvinous
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 530
- Wikidata
- Q41775502
- Cited authority (Hogg 1851)
- Ron