Calville Blanc d'Hiver Apple

The Calville Blanc d’Hiver is a great tasting heirloom apple that is very high in vitamin C. 

Excellent for: Fresh eating; Baking; Sauce; Cider

ID-30A

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History: The Calville Blanc d’Hiver originated in France or Germany around the 1590’s. It was planted for Louis XIII in the Garden of Versailles in the early 1600’s.  Monet even painted the Calville Blanc d’Hiver in his still life Apples and Grapes in 1880.
Parentage: Unknown
 
Pollination:
Bloom Time: Mid/late season
Ploidy: Diploid
Good Pollinators:
Cripps Pink Apple
Esopus Spitzenberg Apple
Fuji Apple
Golden Delicious Apple
Honeycrisp Apple
Winter Banana Apple
 
Harvest Time: September/October
 
Fruit Size: Medium, odd with deep ridges
 
Flavor: Sweet/aromatic
 
Storage (refrigerated): 1-2 months
 
Disease Resistance:
Cedar apple rust: Some susceptibility
Fireblight: Very susceptible
Mildew: Very susceptible
Scab: Some susceptibility

Calville Blanc d'Hiver

Culinary / Dessert apple

Raised in Europe, probably France or Germany. Recorded in 1598. Fruits have a rather soft, fine-textured juicy flesh with a rich, sweet, aromatic flavour. Fruits fail to ripen fully in the UK.

Synonyms:

a Frire, Admirable Blanche, Admirable-Blanche, American White Winter Calville, Bial zimen Kalvil, Bily zimni hranac, Blanche de Zurich, Blanche des Wurtembergeois, Blandureau d'Auvergne, Bonnet Caree, Bonnet Carre, Bonnet Carret, Bonnet-Carre, Caleville Blanche, Caleville de Gascogne, Caleville Tardif, Calleville, Calleville Blanc, Calleville Blanc a Cotes, Calleville Blanc d'Hiver, Calleville Blanche, Calvil Alb de Iarna, Calvill Weisser Winter, Calvilla Alba, Calvilla Bianca d'Inverno, Calville a Cotes, Calville Acoute, Calville Blanc, Calville Blanc a Cotes, Calville Blanche, Calville Blanche a Cotes, Calville Blanche d'Automne, Calville Blanche d'Hiver, Calville Blanche d'Hyver, Calville Blanche Melonne a Cotes, Calville de Gascogne, Calville de Paris, Calville Tardive, Calville White Winter, Calville Withe Winter, Calvine, Calvire, Catogna, Cotogna, de Calville, de Coign, de Coing, de Fraise, Eck Apfel, Eckapfel, Eggerling, Ekkeling, Englischer Winter Calville, Englisher Weisser Winter Calville, Fraise d'Hiver, Framboise d'Hiver, Franzosischer Quitten Apfel, Franzosischer Quittenapfel, Gelber Winter Calvill, Gelber Winter Calville, Glace, Gros Rambour a Cotes, Gros-Rambour a Cotes, Gross-Pomme de Zurich, Grosse Pomme de Zurich, Grosse-Pomme Blanche du Wurtemberg, Hvid Vinterkalville, Hvit Vintercalvill, Kalvil Belii Zimnii, Kalvil Bily Zimni, Malus Calvilla Alba, Melonen apfel, Melonenapfel, Melonne, Melonne a Cotes, Niger, Ostenapfel, Oster Apfel, Paasch Apfel, Paaschapfel, Paradies Apfel, Paradiesapfel, Parijskii Kalvil, Paris Apple, Parisapfel, Pome de Fraise, Pomme de Caleville, Pomme de Calleville, Pomme de Calville, Pomme de Coign, Pomme de Coin, Pomme de Fraise, Pomme de Framboise, Pomme de Glace, Pomme Glace, Quitten Apfel, Quittenapfel, Rambour a Cotes Gros, Rambour a Cotes Grosses, Reinette a Cotes, Reinette Cotelee, Reinnette a Cotes, Stern Apfel, Stern Reinette, Sternapfel, Sternreinette, Taponelle, Taponne, Taponnelle, Tapounelle, Teli feher kalvil, Vit Vinterkalvil, Vit Vinterkalvill, Wahrer Winter Calville, Weiss Zurich, Weisse Winter Calvill, Weisse Winter Calville, Weisser Erdbeerapfel, Weisser Himbeer, Weisser Himbeer Apfel, Weisser Himbeerapfel, Weisser Winter Calvill, Weisser Winter Calville, Weisser Winter-Calvill, Weisser Winterkalwil, Weisser Zurich Apfel, Weisser Zurichapfel, Weiszer Erdbeerapfel, Weiszer Himbeerapfel, Weiszer Wintercalville, White Autumn Calville, White Calville, White Winter Calville, Winter Calville, Winter Quitten Apfel, Winter Quittenapfel, Winter White, Winter White Calville, Winter Wite Calvile, Withe calville, Witte Winter Calville

Mother to:

Adersleber Calville

Signe Tillisch

Lombarts Calville

Flowering time:

7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time: Mid October

Size: medium

Shape: Broad globose conical

Ribbing: strong

Crown: very strong

Ground Colour: Whitish green

Over Colour: Orange

Over Colour Amount: absent

Over Colour Pattern: washed out

Russet: low-medium

Crunch: crisp

Flesh Colour: Yellowish

 

Source: www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk

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