Bedan is a traditional French bittersweet cider variety.
Bedan apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Bedan
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- Originates from: Normandy, France
Identification
- Country of origin: France
- Period of origin: 1850 - 1899
- Fruit colour: Green / Yellow
- Fruit colour: Orange
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flesh colour: White
- Fruit size: Small
- Fruit shape: Round
Using
- Picking season: Very late
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-2 months
- Flavour quality: Good
- Juice style: Bittersweet (cider)
- Cropping: Heavy
- Food uses: Hard cider
- Picking month: November
- Picking period: mid-November
- Specific gravity: 1056
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 6
- Pollinating others: Average
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Precocity: Precocious
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 5 (-29C)
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 6 (-23C)
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 7 (-18C)
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 8 (-12C)
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 9 (-7C)
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 10 (-1C)
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Average
- Fire blight: Some resistance
- Scab (Apple and Pear): Very susceptible
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Bedan apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (USA) United States
Bedan des Parts apple trees - Thomas Fruit Trees (EU) France
Bedan des Parts apple trees - Red Rock Orchards Ltd
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Where to buy fresh fruit
The following orchards grow Bedan:
Canada
Prince Edward Island
- Red Rock Orchards Ltd, Mount Buchanan