Yellow Bellflower

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dual Purpose

Origin

Burlington County, New Jersey, United States

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 16.5 °Bx
Titratable acidity: 6.07 g/L
Juice pH: 3.60

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

Yellow Bellflower is a large, attractive yellow apple well known in New York for both culinary and dessert uses, though it is rather briskly subacid early in the season and reaches its best condition by January or later. The tree is a good grower and fairly hardy, thriving on warm, well-drained soils; while the fruit sells at good prices, it is not generally a satisfactory cropper and not recommended for commercial planting except in a few favorable districts.

Flavor & Texture

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Best Uses

cookingfresh_eating

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

Lineage

Offspring

Deacon Jones Hampton Bellflower Dickinson Mason Orange Occident

Origin & History

Status: commercial
Known by: ≥ 1800

briskly subacidsubdued

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589195
UK National Fruit Collection: 6967