Well attestedNamed from the place
Belle de Boskoop
noun · first attested 1856
A Dutch nursery town's chance seedling became a standard European baking apple.
A large russeted cooking apple with sharp flesh that holds its shape when baked.
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Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1856
- Part of speech
- noun
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Boskoop
- In English
Belle de Boskoop
The variety turned up as a chance seedling in Boskoop, a Dutch town built on its nursery trade, and was propagated from 1856. Its name means simply the beauty of Boskoop, and the apple is now grown across northern Europe.
Netherlands
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