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.

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: 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.