Calville des Prairies

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1975 - 351   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1975 from Belgium. Cooks well.

Accession name
Calville des Prairies

Flowering time
14th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
25th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Culinary / Dessert ^a

Shape
Flat ^a

Height
48.13 mm ^a

Width
62.56 mm ^a

Ribbing
strong ^a

Crown
medium ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/washed out ^a

Russet
low ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Juiciness
juicy ^a

Flesh Colour
Greenish ^a

References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.