Fruit Tree Database

Fruit Type

Apple

Variety/Cultivar

Bess Pool

Fruit Description

Medium-sized fruit that tends to be a little dry and slightly coarse-textured, but is sweet with a very pleasant flavour.

Common Uses

Origin

An English heritage apple, first recorded in 1824.

Pollination

Pollinated by other late flowering varieties like Brown Snout, Northern Spy, Court Pendu Plat, Ohio Red Rome, Rome Beauty, Royal Jubilee. May be picked up by the late flowers of Democrat, King of the Pippins, Michelin and Peasgood's Nonesuch.

Chill Hours

Blossom Time

It flowers very late, and is therefore useful in areas that are prone to frost.

Harvest Time

Late season, harvest March-April.

Production Notes

Tree is vigorous, mainly spur bearing but partly tip-bearing on young laterals. Can be slow to bear and not a very reliable cropper.

Disease Susceptibility

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