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| Plum Belle de Louvain | Apple Bonnie Best | Apple Kanzi | Apple Albany Beauty | Apple Ginger Gold | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | A large purple plum, primarily for culinary use but can also be eaten fresh. | Fruits are large with attractive pale red striping. Flesh is creamy color, crunchy, tender, juicy and slightly tart. Keeps well in storage. | A great modern dessert variety, derived from Braeburn. | A red skinned form of Gravenstein. | An attractive yellow apple from Virginia |
Identification | Belle de Louvain | Bonnie Best | Kanzi | Albany Beauty | Ginger Gold |
| Fruit colour | Blue-black | Yellow / Gold | |||
| Flesh colour | White to Cream, pale yellow | ||||
| Fruit size | Variable | ||||
| Fruit shape | Long / oval | Conical | |||
Using | Belle de Louvain | Bonnie Best | Kanzi | Albany Beauty | Ginger Gold |
| Flavor | Good | Good | |||
| Flavour style | Sweeter | Sweet/Sharp | |||
| Ripening period | Mid-Late season | ||||
| Use/Keeping | 1-3 days | 1-2 months | |||
| Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Belle de Louvain | Bonnie Best | Kanzi | Albany Beauty | Ginger Gold |
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Heavy | Good | |||
| Vigour | Large | Average growth | |||
| Pollination | Flowering group 3 Self-fertile Blossom frost-resistance | Self-sterile | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile | ||
| Gardening skill | Very easy | Average | |||
| Problems | Fireblight - Some susceptibility Cedar apple rust - Very susceptible | ||||
Other | Belle de Louvain | Bonnie Best | Kanzi | Albany Beauty | Ginger Gold |
| Country of origin | Belgium | United States | Belgium | United States | |
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