De Boutteville
Apple
DE BOUTTEVILLE
Origin/History
A seedling raised at Yvetot by Monsieur Legrand. It first fruited in 1873 and was dedicated to Monsieur L. De Boutteville, Honorary President of the Société Centrale d'Horticulture de la Seine Inférieure, and co-author with Monsieur A. Hauchecorne of the work "Le Cidre," published at Rouen in 1875.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Middle size, oblate, smooth and round, without angles.
Skin: Pale yellow with an orange blush on the sunny side. More or less spotted over the surface, with spots often becoming dark and tinged with red under the sun's influence.
Eye: Closed, seated in a narrow, deep cavity with folded margins.
Stalk: Short, placed in a broad and deep cavity lined with a thin russet that radiates over the base of the apple.
Flesh: Yellowish, with a sweet and pleasant flavour, free from bitterness.
Juice: Of a high colour, sweet, and pleasant.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
According to M. Hauchecorne, this apple "is one of the best varieties for making a good cider that will keep well. The apple is firm in flesh and travels well. Its juice is well coloured with excellent perfume and taste."
Other
Chemical Composition: Density 1.083. One thousand parts contain: alcoholisable sugar 193; tannin 6; mucilage 11; acidity 2.14; salts 7.86; and water 780.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— Woolhope Naturalists Field Club, The Herefordshire Pomona (1885)7.—DE BOUTTEVILLE.
A seedling raised at Yvetot, by Monsieur Legrand. It first fruited in 1873, and was dedicated to Monsieur L. De Boutteville, Honorary President of the Société Centrale d'Horticulture de la Seine Inférieure, and Author, with Monsieur A. Hauchecorne, of the celebrated work "Le Cidre," published at Rouen, in 1875.
Fruit: of middle size, oblate, smooth and round, without angles. Skin: pale yellow, with an orange blush on the sunny side, more or less spotted over the surface, and the spots often become dark and tinged with red under the sun's influence. Eye: closed, seated in a narrow, deep cavity, with folded margins. Stalk: short, placed in a broad and deep cavity, lined with a thin russet that radiates over the base of the apple. Flesh: yellowish, with a sweet and pleasant flavour, free from bitterness. Juice: of a high colour, sweet, and pleasant.
"This apple," says M. Hauchecorne, "is one of the best varieties for making a good cider that will keep well. The apple is firm in flesh and travels well. Its juice is well coloured with excellent perfume and taste." It has a density of 1,083. One thousand parts contain of alcoholisable sugar 193; tannin 6; mucilage 11; acidity 2.14; salts, &c. 7.86; and water 780.