Gabalva

Apple

GABALVA

Origin & History

Introduced by Messrs. Treseder & Son, Cardiff, 1901. First described in Gardeners' Chronicle, 1900, p. 165.

Fruit

Form & Size: Large; 3 inches long by 2½ inches broad; roundish, conical, irregular.

Skin: Dull yellow, with shiny red flush, often half covered with russet.

Stem: Very short, inserted in a deep russet cavity.

Eye (Calyx): Closed, set in a shallow ribbed basin.

Flesh & Flavor: Soft, yellow, aromatic, rather dry. Of Blenheim class.

Tree

Growth & Bearing: Spreading habit; not very fertile.

Leaves: Rather large, oval, pea green, upfolded, undulated, very finely and doubly serrate.

Season

December to January.

Uses

Dessert or culinary.

Other

Bunyard's assessment: "Not sufficiently good for retention."

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 1 catalog (1911) from England

James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911

View original book sources (1)

GABALVA. Gard. Chron., 1900, p. 165. Dessert or culinary, December to January, large, 3 by 2½, roundish, conical, irregular. Colour, dull yellow, with shiny red flush, and often half covered with russet. Flesh, soft, yellow, aromatic, rather dry; of Blenheim class. Eye, closed, in a shallow ribbed basin. Stem, very short, in a deep russet cavity. Growth, spreading; not very fertile. Leaf, rather large, oval, pea green, upfolded, undulated, very finely and doubly serrate. Origin, introduced by Messrs. Treseder & Son, Cardiff, 1901. Not sufficiently good for retention.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)