Boskoop has been a well known and favorite old all purpose apple in England for years.  It has large, greenish-yellow fruit with red blush.  It is crisp and tangy and highly aromatic.  Great for dessert, cooking and baking.  It keeps well and mellows and sweetens in storage.  It is late ripening in November.  Boskoop is a triploid variety and needs to be pollinated with another non-triploid variety.

Belle de Boskoop was a bud sport of the variety, Reinette de Monfort, which was popular in Boskoop, The Netherlands. It was introduced in 1856.

Many heirloom varieties have some natural resistance to apple scab and other diseases, since they were often discovered and grown well before fruit growers started to use chemicals for disease control.  However, you may still want to be vigilant about fire blight, apple scab, and other fungal diseases and spray when the need arises.  Protect from insect damage like normal.

Height

12-15

Spread

10-15

Zone

3-6

Color

Blushed

Categories

Apple--- Hardy Varieties, 

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