Bella™ Apple

This is an excellent apple, very productive, with good size and excellent flavor. On EMLA 26 it is precocious as well and bred for disease resistance. We have had just one problem with it, and that is last year it was nailed by stink bugs. No more, though - we won't let that happen again!

Can't wait to taste the fruit! With James Grieve in the lineage, it's got to have some flavor. We always choose trees with disease resistance. Thanks for this one Raintree.

I received one bare root tree that was about 5' tall in spring 2021. I was in a new home and didn't yet have the area properly graded so I planted Bella in a growing bag and kept it on the east side of the house throughout the summer. Bella spent the winter in my unheated garage and then in late spring 2022, I planted it on the northeast side of the yard (zone 5a). The next summer, Bella grew to about 6 1/2 ft and produced at least 20 - 24 very large apples. The fruit was moderately sweet but delicious for eating. I did use some of the fruit for an apple pie and that was delicious as well. Bella is cross-pollinating with a Johnny Appleseed variety that is planted about 9 feet away.