Applevariety

Abbondanza

Also known as Belfort

Belfort

A dessert apple, broad round conical in shape, green-yellow skin, cream flesh. Picked in mid-October. Selected in 1896. Vinous and firm.

Taste & texture

Firmness
firm
Texture
Flesh grain fine
Flavour
vinous
Used for
Dessert apple

How to spot it

Skin
Surface colour OrangeBackground colour Green yellowSurface colour pattern striped
Flesh
Cream
Shape
Broad globose conical
Size
mediumWidth 55.00 mmHeight 47.00 mm
Appearance
Surface ridges weak

Origin & family

Where Abbondanza began

Recorded origin

Italy

Selected
1896

Field notes

Original source notes
Fruit & tree
size
medium
type
Dessert
shape
Broad globose conical
width
55.00 mm
height
47.00 mm
russet
very low
ribbing
weak
firmness
firm
synonyms
Belfort
coarseness
fine
over colour
Orange
flesh colour
Cream
ground colour
Green yellow
over colour pattern
striped
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