Our Variety Assessment

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

Double Bon Pommier Rouge is a dependable heritage variety for orchards in northern France and Belgium. Its large, juicy, sweet-sharp apples are suitable for fresh eating, cooking and juice. The tree flowers late, crops more regularly than many old cultivars and has generally good disease resistance. Fruit is picked in late September and can be stored until December.

Belle Fleur Rouge

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

A sport or seedling of Belle Fleur de France, with a darker red skin coloration.

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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: 1270 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

Belle-Fleur de France Rouge is a traditional large green apple, usually almost entirely covered with a flecked red flush. It is quite widely found across northern France and Belgium.

The juicy sweet-sharp apples are ripe in late September and can be kept until Christmas. They can be eaten fresh, or used in the kitchen or for juicing.

This variety seems to be a sport or seedling of Belle Fleur de France, the main difference being its darker red skin coloration.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Very old variety from the Belle-Fleur group, grown in high-stem orchards in northern France, Picardy and Belgium before 1900.

Origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

3 month

Use

Cooking, Fresh eating, Juice

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Synonyms

Belle-Fleur de France Rouge, Belle fleur double, Double bonne Ente

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Strong vigour, standard-tree training recommended, type III bearing habit, medium to strong productivity but generally biennial

Disease behaviour

Scab

Low susceptibility on leaves and fruits

Powdery mildew

Moderately susceptible

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

These varieties flower at a compatible time and are the most relevant matches in the catalogue. Flowering period: 5 - very late.

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Harvest calendar

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At the same time

September 15-30

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Additional variety information for Belle Fleur Rouge is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.