A very beautiful heirloom apple that stores well.
Belle De Boskoop Apple Scionwood (Spring 2025)
A highly regarded Dutch culinary apple . Also known as Beauty of Boskoop, Boskoop, Schoener de Boskoop.
This tree is very vigorous, large, and open, with a drooping habit. It is scab resistant with moderate resistance to fireblight. Slow to bear, but a good cropper in maturity, Belle de Boskoop is also a triploid; it should not be used as a pollenizer, and two other diploid varieties will be needed for full pollenization.
A large apple that is greenish-yellow, flushed with brick red and about 50% russeted, this fruit has firm, yellowish, coarse-grained flesh that is prized for baking. It holds its shape and texture well in pies and apple cake, and it makes an amazing strudel. The crisp flavor is aromatic and somewhat lemony, similar to that of a Granny Smith. The high sugar content and high acidity also lends itself to cider blending. This apple excels as a longtime keeper, storing well for up to six months. In upstate NY, it ripens in late September, with best flavor between November and April.
Belle de Boskoop was first discovered in Boskoop, Holland, 1856, and has become popular in northern France. It is possibly a mutation of Reinette Montfort.
Volume Pricing
Quantity | Belle De Boskoop Apple Scion |
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1 | $12.00 |
2-5 | $8.00 |
6-10 | $7.00 |
11-99 | $6.00 |
100+ | $5.00 |
The Fruit
Fruit Type
Category: Apple
Subcategory:
Heirloom, Disease-Resistant, Cold-Hardy
Fruit Uses & Storage
Uses: fresh eating, cider, baking, storage
Cider classification: sweet
Storage duration: three plus months (approximate, depending on storage conditions)
Fruit Appearance
Skin color: green
Flesh color: yellow
Fruit Origins
Parentage: unknown
Origin: Boskoop, Holland
Introduced in: 1856
Introduced by:
The Environment
Calendar & Geography
USDA zones: 4 - 7
Chill hours: 1000
Ripening date: Sep 29 (approximate, in New York State) + 14 days after McIntosh
Diseases & Pests
glossary
Apple Scab: Resistant
Fireblight: Resistant
Perennial Canker: Resistant
Pollination
Pollination Factors
glossary
Bloom group: 3
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? N
Ploidy: Triploid
Pollination Partners
This table shows the first few results from a full search for pollenizers of Belle De Boskoop Apple. Please see our Pollenizer Search to run other queries and read how the application uses various factors. Also read more about fruit tree pollination.
Tree | Currently in Stock |
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Cripps Pink Apple | 0 |
Golden Russet Apple | 0 |
Granny Smith Apple | 0 |
Honeycrisp Apple | 0 |
Macoun Apple | 0 |
St. Edmund's Russet Apple | 0 |
Newtown Pippin Apple | 0 |
Domaines Apple | 0 |
Florina Apple | 0 |
Empire Apple | 0 |
Enterprise Apple | 0 |
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