Calville Malingre

Apple

Editor's Note

The name "Calville Malingre" has long been applied to more than one apple. Bunyard, in his Handbook of Hardy Fruits, remarks that "this apple has been always much confused," and is careful to specify that the variety he describes is "that known under this name in Britain" — a medium, round, slightly flattened culinary apple in season from December to March, listed under the German synonym Braunroter Winter Calville. The apple described below, which Downing takes from Hogg, is a different fruit: very large, elongated and ribbed, with a season given as July to April. The two are therefore presented here as separate varieties — see Calville Malingre (Bunyard) for the British form.

Calville Malingre

Origin / History

An old variety; origin in doubt (Downing). Known to exist in the 16th century, and possibly before (George Bunyard & Co., 1914). Veitch calls it handsome and distinct.

Tree

Growth compact (Bunyard); forms a medium-sized pyramid (Veitch). Bunyard's 1914 catalog gives it "on a warm soil," and his 1901 catalog offers it for garden trees only.

Fruit

Size: Medium in the nursery catalogs (Bunyard, Veitch); very large according to Downing, after Hogg.

Form: Elongated and ribbed (Downing, after Hogg); conical (Bunyard).

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Yellow, deep red on the side next the sun, with stripes of darker red (Downing, after Hogg); Bunyard describes the color as dull red.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: White, juicy, agreeable, acid. Downing, after Hogg, calls the flesh delicate; Veitch calls it firm.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

The recorded season runs from July into May. The catalogs give a winter-to-spring season, December or January through April or May. Downing, after Hogg, begins it in July and carries it to April. Bunyard (1901) calls it one of the best keeping fruits.

Uses

A culinary apple. Bunyard (1914) credits it with "excellent cooking qualities."

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 2 catalogs (1900–1911) from England

George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1900
James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911

View original book sources (4)

Calville Malingre.

Pomme de Malingre, and many other synonyms.

An old variety. Origin in doubt.

Fruit very large, elongated, ribbed, yellow, deep red next the sun, with stripes of darker red. Flesh white, delicate, juicy, agreeable, acid. A culinary apple. From July to April. (Hogg.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Medium: dull red; one of the best keeping fruits, growth compact. Garden trees only.

— George Bunyard & Co., George Bunyard Fruit Catalogue (1901) (1901)

handsome, distinct, medium size and of a deep red colour on the side facing the sun, flesh firm and juicy, it forms a medium-sized pyramid ... Jan. to April

— James Veitch & Sons, Veitch's Fruit Trees (1911) (1911)

Culinary; Dec.-May. Medium, conical, dull red; excellent cooking qualities; on a warm soil; growth compact. Known to exist in the 16th century, and possibly before.

— George Bunyard & Co., George Bunyard Catalog of Fruit Trees (1914) (1914)

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