Calville Blanc

Apple variety: Calville Blanc (1598)

Photo - Trees of Antiquity (with permission)

Available from:
Trees of Antiquity
Cummins Nursery
Vintage Virginia Apples

Notes:
Fruit: size medium to large; shape flat conic, convex, entire fruit prominently ribbed; skin yellow with light red flush; flesh tender, yellowish white; flavor sweet and subacid, aromatic; Harvest season VERY LATE. Highest vitamin C content of any apple, more than orange juice. Considered best apple for cider and cider vinegar. Also, good eating apple. Excellent keeper. Medium large tree, growth habit moderate and somewhat upright. Requires cross pollination.

[Source: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1018351 (09 December 2006) ]