Variety of apple tree Bel-El

Abstract

A new and distinctive variety of apple tree named Bel-El, a sport mutation of the apple variety Elstar, uniquely characterized from its parent variety by the tree's distinctly-colored branches and the distinctly-colored petioles and nerves in its leaves, and by its less dense, bushy foliage than its parent variety, its fruit further characterizing the new variety from its parent by its solid red color, its longer, thinner brown/red stalk, and by its earlier ripening and picking dates.

I claim: 
     
       1. The new and distinct variety of apple tree named Bel-El as described and illustrated, and which is particularly characterized over its parent variety by the red solid flush and longer, thinner brown/red stalk of its fruit; by the earlier picking dates of its fruit; by the tree's distinctly-colored branches which have a red/brown upper side and a green/brown underside and leaves in which the petioles and nerves are green on the upper side and dark purple/red on the underside; and by its less dense, bushy foliage than its parent variety.