Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Belle de Boskoop remains a benchmark for growers seeking large apples with a powerful, sharp flavour. It is excellent for pies, sauces, baking and juice, and becomes more suitable for fresh eating after storage. The vigorous tree performs well across temperate Europe. As a triploid and poor pollinator, it should be planted with two compatible flowering varieties nearby.

Belle de Boskoop

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Belle de Boskoop is a popular large dual-purpose apple from the Netherlands.

Choose your tree form

1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Apple rootstock options

Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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SKU: 4305 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

Belle de Boskoop is a well-regarded 19th century apple, from the town of Boskoop in the Netherlands, and still grown commercially on a small scale in Europe.

It is a classic long-storing dual-purpose apple, versatile in the kitchen, and good for eating fresh if you like a sharper apple.

The relatively large apples are variable in colour, usually green with orange or red flushes and some russeting. The pink and white spring blossom is pretty.