CALVILLE DES FEMMES
AppleCALVILLE DES FEMMES
Origin and History
Origin uncertain, but very probably raised about 1850 in the garden of the Horticultural Society of Angers, France.
Tree
Growth very vigorous, making a roundish tree. Leaf rather large, very dark, upfolded, down hanging, sharply serrate.
Fruit
Size and Form Very large, 3½ by 3¼ inches, round, conical, uneven.
Skin Colour green to pale yellow, often with a brownish-red flush.
Stem and Cavity Stem usually very short, in a wide, deep cavity.
Calyx and Basin Eye large, closed or open in a very large ribbed basin.
Flesh and Flavor Flesh white in which greenish veins are noticeable, acid, firm.
Season
Culinary, till June.
Uses
Culinary.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 3 catalogs (1900–1911) from England
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1900
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
- James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911
View original book sources (1)
— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)CALVILLE DES FEMMES. G., Frauen Calville. Culinary, till June, very large, 3½ by 3¼, round, conical, uneven. Colour, green to pale yellow, often with a brownish-red flush. Flesh, white in which greenish veins are noticeable, acid, firm. Eye, large, closed or open in a very large ribbed basin. Stem, usually very short, in a wide, deep cavity. Growth, very vigorous, making a roundish tree. Leaf, rather large, very dark, upfolded, down hanging, sharply serrate. Origin, uncertain, but very probably raised about 1850 in the garden of the Horticultural Society of Angers, France.