The 'Yellow Bellefleur' apple is an old variety that comes from New Jersey (USA). It has been used since the middle of the 19th Century as 'Schafsnase' or 'Metzgers Kalvill' in Germany for their particularly good taste.
The 'Yellow Bellefleur' apple is a tasty but very demanding representative of the apples. Its name - sometimes also called 'Yellow Bellflower', simply 'Bellflower' or 'Blumenkalvill' - indicates the very beautiful flowering of the variety. Other synonyms of the apple are 'Metzgers Kalvill', 'Lineous Pippin' and in Switzerland 'Schafsnase'.
The 'Yellow Bellefleur' places high demands on its location as well as regular and specific care. However, it is only worth bringing the 'sheep's nose' into your own garden if you can meet the location requirements well. Otherwise the tree will deliver unpredictable yields and will be severely restricted in its vitality by diseases.
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- ‘Yellow Bellefleur’: wanted poster
- Origin and history of the 'Yellow Bellefleur' apple
- taste and properties
- Apple variety 'Yellow Bellefleur': cultivation and care
- Harvest and use the 'Yellow Bellefleur'
‘Yellow Bellefleur’: wanted poster
| synonyms | 'Yellow Bellflower', 'Metzgers Kalvill', 'Schafsnase' |
| fruit | Medium to large, light yellow and slightly orange |
| the taste | Finely spiced, banana-like |
| yield | Early and high enough, may vary |
| harvest time | From October on |
| maturity | From November on |
| shelf life | Maximum until March |
| growth | Medium strength, thin shoots |
| floor | Nutrient-rich, warm, permeable, sufficiently moist |
| diseases and pests | Susceptible to many important apple diseases and pit |
Origin and history of the 'Yellow Bellefleur' apple
The history of the old variety 'Yellow Bellefleur' cannot be precisely documented, but is said to have happened as follows: Around The 'Bellflower' was created in Burlington, New Jersey (USA) in 1750 and, thanks to its beautiful flowering, already achieved modest growth Celebrity. Back then he was sometimes referred to locally as 'Lincoln Pippin' or 'Warren Pippin'. For a long time, the variety was not distributed beyond the local area. In 1834, the Baumann brothers from Bollwiller in Alsace got the variety from North America send and passed them on to the then garden director in Schwetzingen near Heidelberg, who Butcher was called. He in turn offered the then Margrave Wilhelm von Baden fruits of the 'Yellow Bellefleur' for consumption. The Margrave was so enthusiastic that he chose the 'Yellow Bellefleur' as his favorite apple and chose it for himself always called 'Metzgers Apfel', which gave rise to the name 'Metzgers Kalvill', which is still used in the Baden region today knows.
taste and properties
'Yellow Bellefleur' is medium to large in size and is generally conical and tall in shape, but sometimes broadly ovate. The surface is uneven and five wide characteristic ribs are visible on the calyx side. The stalk cavity is deep and narrow, and sometimes has a nose that narrows it even further. The calyx can be shallow to medium deep and narrow or medium wide and shows fine folds as well as five distinct ribs or even larger bumps.
The skin of the 'Schafsnase' has a light yellow basic colour, the overcolour is not at all or only slightly pronounced and ranges from cloudy orange to brown-red in colour. The skin is thin but firm, smooth and shiny. Beige-coloured, raised lenticels are clearly recognizable, which are often triangular or quadrangular or rarely form larger rust figures. Under the peel is a white or yellowish-white pulp of moderate juiciness, which audibly cracks when bitten. Very ripe Yellow Bellefleur apples are tender. The taste is finely spiced and supposedly banana-like, but not very aromatic.
Apple variety 'Yellow Bellefleur': cultivation and care
The 'Yellow Bellflower' apple tree needs nutrient-rich, sufficiently moist, but also permeable and warm soil. Overall, warm and sheltered locations do well, while harsh and windy locations preclude growing 'Sheep's Nose'. Heavily humic sandy and loess soils are ideal.
The growth of the 'Yellow Bellfleur' variety is strong when young, later only moderately strong. A consistent training cut over several years is necessary for the crown structure. A medium-sized, thin-branched and somewhat hanging, broad pyramidal crown then develops, which should be thinned out regularly and never too radically. The fruits are often carried at the ends of the long fruit rods, so that in windy locations the fruits can swing wildly and thus damage the fruits.
The Yellow Bellfleur apple can be cultivated as a standard, half-stem or low-stem. It is not at all suitable for trellis cutting, because the long fruit canes prove to be a hindrance. A medium-growing rootstock such as M7, M4 or MM106 is suitable as a rootstock for the home garden recommended, while the necessary regular care is hardly possible on strong-growing rootstocks is. The wood frost hardness of the tree is very good, but the tree sprout early in spring.
The handsome 'Yellow Bellfleur' blooms mid-late and can be susceptible to cold and wet conditions. It only lasts for a short time and should be used during this short phase by suitable pollinating varieties such as 'Ananasrenette', 'Baumannsrenette', 'Yellow Edelapfel', der 'gold parmane', to the 'Ontario', the ‘Champagne Renette’ or the 'Cox Orangerenette' be pollinated.
Once the sheep's nose apple has found a suitable location, it will soon and regularly bear a good harvest. However, on locations that are endangered by late frost or if pruned too radically, it tends to produce alternating, i.e. strongly fluctuating, yields.
The apple variety 'Schafsnase' is susceptible to apple scab in unsuitable locations. If it's too wet and cold, it often happens fruit tree cancer added, while powdery mildew can be observed on dry sites. In addition, specks, i.e. brown spots in the pulp, can often occur at locations that are too lime-poor or too humid as well as with alternating yields.
Tip: The 'Yellow Bellefleur' is one of the apple varieties with a slightly higher nutrient requirement. Compared to vegetables, however, the extraction from the soil is small. You can easily do it with a single spring fertilization with compost or a compound organic fertilizer like ours Plantura organic universal fertilizer be covered.
Harvest and use the 'Yellow Bellefleur'
Around mid-October the time has come: the late-ripening 'Yellow Bellefleur' can be harvested for storage! Fruits picked from around November are ready for immediate consumption. The apples stored early can last up to five months at 2 to 3 °C, which means that the enjoyment of the variety can extend into March. It is important that the storage room has sufficient humidity, otherwise the 'sheep's nose' will begin to wither early. As Baden's Margrave Wilhelm said, the 'Yellow Bellefleur' apple is an excellent food apple. But this large, delicious fruit is also very suitable as a cooking apple for mush and compote or desserts.
Can't offer the 'Yellow Bellefleur' a warm, sheltered location? Then you should check out the apple variety ‘Landsberger Renette’ take a closer look, which comes along with robustness and medium-sized to large and also yellow fruits.