Bellflower apple

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Malus 'Yellow Bellflower'
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Illustration of Yellow Bellflower from 1883
Genus Malus
Cultivar group Yellow Bellflower group
Marketing names Bellflower, Bell Flower, Belle, Bellefleur, Belle Flavoise, Lincoln Pippin, Linnoeus Pippin [1]
Originnear Crosswicks, New Jersey [1]
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Two Yellow Bellflower apples from the 1905 Apples of New York

Yellow Bellflower is a cultivar of domesticated apple that originated in New Jersey. [1] [2] It has many other names including "Belle Flavoise" and "Lincoln Pippin". [1] It is probably the best known of a group of apple cultivars referred to as the yellow bellflower group, with fruit that are generally elongated, with largely yellow skin. [1] Along with the Yellow Bellflower, the Ortley is the oldest of the group. [1]

Contents

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Yellow Bellflower

Chemical composition

Sugar 11.3%, acid 0.56%, pectine 0.43% [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Beach, S.A.; Booth, N.O.; Taylor, O.M. (1905), "Yellow Bellflower", The apples of New York, vol. 1, Albany: J. B. Lyon, pp. 381–383
  2. ↑ "Yellow Bellflower", National Fruit Collection, retrieved 28 October 2015
  3. ↑ Pomologia Republicii Populare Romine, 1964
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