The apple flesh is mostly white tinged yellow. Tender, juicy, crisp, with a sprightly subacid flavor; before fully ripe it is considerably acid. Very good.

USDA Zones: 6–9 Not Self-fertile Bloom Time-Mid-Season

Synonyms: Belle Fleur, Bellflower, Bishops Pippin, Gelber Bellefleur, Gelber Englischer Schonbluhender, Gelber Englischer Schönblühender A, Gold Calvill, Gul. Bellefleur, Lady Washington, Lincoln Pippin, Lineous Pippin, Linnaeus Pippin, Linneous Pippin, Metzger Apfel, Metzger Cahill, Metzger's Cahill, Metzger's Calvill, Metzgerapfel, Monstrous Bellflower, Mr. Barron, Reinette Muse, Reinette Musque, Reinette Musquee, Warren Pippin, Weisser Metzger A, Weisser Metzger Apfel, Weisser Metzgerapfel, White Belle-Flower, White Bellflower, White Detroit, White Spitzenburg, Yellow Belle Fleur, Yellow Belle-fleur, Yellow Bellefleur, Yellow Belleflower, Yellow Sheepnose,

Large and oblong to long conic. Skin smooth with a base color of pale yellow with a faint blush on the sunny side. Lenticels are small. The calyx is set in a shallow, narrow basin with a knobbed crown. The stem is long and thick, set in a narrowly deep, often russetted cavity.

Origin: When first noted the tree was already quite old and thought to be a wild seedling from much earlier in Crosswicks, Burlington County, New Jersey in the mid-1700s.

Ripens August to September.