Bess Pool

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.

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Origin & History

Status

commercial

Origin type

chance seedling

References

UK National Fruit Collection

530

Wikidata

Q41775502

Cited authority (Hogg 1851)

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