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Plum
Belle de Louvain 
Apple
Bonnie Best 
Apple
Kanzi 
Apple
Albany Beauty 
Apple
Ginger Gold 
SummaryA 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 colourBlue-black



Yellow / Gold
Flesh colour



White to Cream, pale yellow
Fruit size



Variable
Fruit shapeLong / oval



Conical

Using

Belle de Louvain
Bonnie Best
Kanzi
Albany Beauty
Ginger Gold
FlavorGood



Good
Flavour styleSweeter



Sweet/Sharp
Ripening period



Mid-Late season
Use/Keeping1-3 days



1-2 months
Cooking result




Growing

Belle de Louvain
Bonnie Best
Kanzi
Albany Beauty
Ginger Gold
Picking




CroppingHeavy



Good
VigourLarge



Average growth
PollinationFlowering group 3
Self-fertile
Blossom frost-resistance
Self-sterile
Flowering group 4
Flowers Mid-Late season
Self-sterile
Gardening skillVery easy



Average
ProblemsFireblight - Some susceptibility
Cedar apple rust - Very susceptible

Other

Belle de Louvain
Bonnie Best
Kanzi
Albany Beauty
Ginger Gold
Country of originBelgium
United States
Belgium

United States
Other qualities