French Violet
Apple
French Violet
Origin/History
Much admired in France. In early 19th-century America, its merit did not appear equal to many other varieties ripening at the same season.
Fruit
A beautiful fruit of regular oblong form, rather above middling size. Skin dark brilliant red, very smooth, faintly streaked, with large blotches of fawn color. Flesh white, juicy, tender, and delicate, but not highly flavored.
Season & Storage
Ripens in autumn and will keep well through the early part of winter.
Tree
Handsome and vigorous. Bears at an early age very abundantly. Fruit grows at the extremities of the branches with very small footstalks.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)NO. 49. FRENCH VIOLET.
This is a much admired apple in France; in this country, its merit does not appear equal to many others ripening at the same time. It is a beautiful fruit, of a regular oblong form, rather above the middling size—the skin a dark brilliant red, very smooth and faintly streaked, with large blotches of fawn colour—the flesh is white, juicy, tender, and delicate, but not highly flavoured; it ripens in the autumn, and will keep well through the early part of winter. The tree is handsome and vigorous, bears at an early age very abundantly; the fruit grows at the extremities of the branches, with very small footstalks.