Calville d'Oullins

Culinary / Dessert apple

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Discovered by nurseryman A. Jaboulay, Oullins, Lyon, France in about 1850. Fruits have crisp, acid flesh.

Synonyms:
Calvill d'Oullins, Kalvil Ullenskii

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
medium to large ^b

Fruit Shape
intermediate, conic, convex ^b

Ribbing
ribbed in eye basin ^b

Ground Colour
bright yellow ^b

Over Colour
flushed pink and red, striped dark red ^b

Flesh Colour
white ^b

Flesh Texture
fairly fine, crisp, rather dry ^b

Flavour
sweet and subacid ^b

Accession No.
1996 - 022   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Calville d'Oullins

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

Size
large-very large ^a

Type
Culinary / Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose conical ^a

Height
71.21 mm ^a

Width
80.05 mm ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
very weak ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish green ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
high ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/solid flush ^a

Russet
low ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Coarseness
fine ^a

Juiciness
dry ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register