Selby Bellflower
AppleSelby Bellflower
Origin / History
A seedling from the Yellow Bellflower. Described by A.J. Downing in The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900 edition), with the description credited to the Gardener's Monthly (cited as "Gar. Mon.").
Tree
Tree hardy and productive.
Fruit
Size: Fruit large.
Form: Roundish, approaching conic.
Stem: Stalk medium, slender.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Calyx medium.
Basin: Basin shallow.
Skin: Pale yellow on rather a greenish ground.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, mild, spicy, subacid.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
November to March.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Selby Bellflower. A seedling from the Yellow Bellflower. Tree hardy and productive. Fruit large, roundish, approaching conic, pale yellow on rather a greenish ground. Stalk medium, slender. Calyx medium. Basin shallow. Flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, mild, spicy, subacid. November to March. (Gar. Mon.)