Bellflower apple

Illustration of Yellow Belleflower in 1883.

'Yellow Bellflower' is a cultivar of domesticated apple that originated in New Jersey.[1][2] It has many other names including 'Belle Flavoise' and 'Lincoln Pippin'.[1] It is probably the best known of a group of apple cultivars referred to as the yellow bellflower group, with fruit that are generally elongate, with largely yellow skin.[1] Along with 'Yellow Bellflower', 'Ortley' is the oldest of the group.[1]

Yellow Belleflower.

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Beach, S.A.; Booth, N.O.; Taylor, O.M. (1905), "Yellow Bellflower", The apples of New York 1, Albany: J. B. Lyon, pp. 381–383
  2. "Yellow Bellflower", National Fruit Collection, retrieved 28 October 2015


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