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Calville d'Aout
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A chance seedling originating in 1925 from France. Fruits have rather sharp white flesh. Cooks well.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1996 - 018
- Accession name
- Calville d'Aout
- Flowering time ›››
- 26th April10% flowering
29th AprilFull (80%) flowering
6th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late August 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Flat globose 1
- Height
- 59.39 mm 1
- Width
- 72.81 mm 1
- Ribbing
- strong 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- very low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- solid flush 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019