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Blush Calville

Apple

Blush Calville

Origin and History

Blush Calville was documented in the United States through the USDA plant introduction system. Three station accessions were recorded as of 1963:

  1. PI No. 134578: Received from Canada in 1939 and maintained at the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland.

  2. Station A32786: Received from Stephenson Bros., Manitoba, Canada, and maintained at the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

  3. Northern Great Plains accession: Received from the Cheyenne Horticultural Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming, and maintained at the Northern Great Plains Field Station, Mandan, North Dakota.

Fruit

Size: Medium to medium-large.

Color: Green-yellow with blush.

Flavor and Quality: Medium quality.

Season

Summer.

Tree

Hardiness: Hardy.

Disease Susceptibility: Blight severe.

Bearing: Good yield reported.

Other

The three recorded U.S. accessions show geographic concentration in the northern Great Plains and Canada, with introductions dating to 1939.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Variety: Blush Calville. Three station entries are recorded. (1) PI No. 134578; received from Canada in 1939; reported by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland (MdG). (2) Received from Stephenson Bros., Manitoba, Canada; reported comments: fruit medium size, early, good yield; station number A32786; reported by the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, P.O. Box 1250, Cheyenne, Wyoming (WyC). (3) Received from Cheyenne Hort. Sta., Cheyenne, Wyoming; reported comments: fruit medium-large, green-yellow with blush, quality medium, summer, hardy, blight severe; reported by the Northern Great Plains Field Station, Box 203, Mandan, North Dakota (NdM).

— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)