Belle-Fille Normande

A late season cooking apple with a sweet sharp flavour.

Origin: France, 1800

Pollination: Belle-Fille Normande is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

British-grown All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

Belle-Fille Normande apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2025

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price
Maiden	M9Dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	M26Semi-dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	MM106Semi-vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	MM111Vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	M25Very vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2026. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Belle-Fille Normande

Belle-Fille Normande is an old apple variety from Normandy, France of unknown origin dating back to the late 18th Century or earlier. Grown in the Pays de Caux near Rouen in the 19th Century. Large, tall, conical fruit. Greenish yellow skin. Rich, sweet-sharp flavour. Keeps some of its shape when cooked. Keeps well but flavour fades in storage. Good for cider.

Characteristics of Belle-Fille Normande apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Green
Flavour	Sweet-Sharp
Fruit size	Large
Picking time	Mid Oct
Season of use	Oct-Apr
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping
Special features	Good for Cider Good for Cider Cooked Keeps Shape
Pollination date	10
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners