Vista Bella

A good summer dessert apple with a refreshing raspberry flavour.

Origin: USA, 1956

Pollination: Vista Bella is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners

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History and description of Vista Bella

Raised at Rutgers University Agricultural Experimental Station, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA 1956. The name arose because the variety proved very successful in the Guatemalan highlands. Grown commercially in eastern USA, Canada and Guatemala.

Medium sized, round fruit. Attractive looking. Dark red flush over a pale green skin. Heavy pale blue bloom. Juicy, melting, white flesh. Sweet but with plenty of acidity. Scented with a distinct raspberry flavour. Fruit bruises easily and goes soft soon after picking. Best eaten from the tree. May lack sweetness in a poor English summer.

Vigorous tree. Good cropper but with some bienniel tendency. Susceptible to canker and best avoided for humid locations.

Characteristics of Vista Bella apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Red
Flavour	Raspberry
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Early Aug
Season of use	Aug
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	6
Pollination group	B
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners