Male Carle
Apple
Male Carle
Origin/History
Foreign variety, known by multiple names including Mela Carla, Pomme de Charles, Charles Apple, Mela de Carlo, and Pomme Finale. In Southern and Southwestern sections with rich soil and long summers, this is one of the very finest apples and should always have a place. Does not answer well in Northern climates.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Globular, slightly tapering to the eye.
Color: Pale waxy lemon yellow with distinct brilliant crimson cheek in sun.
Surface: Irregular russet dots. Often marred by patches of mold or fungus when grown on alluvial bottoms.
Stem: Slender.
Cavity: Narrow, deep, regular.
Calyx: Small.
Basin: Deep.
Flesh: White, tender.
Flavor: Delicate rose perfume; "best."
Core: Small.
Seeds: Round, ovate pointed.
Season
October to January.
Tree
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)Male Carle.
Mela Carla, | Pomme de Charles, | Charles Apple. Mela de Carlo, | Pomme Finale,
Foreign. In our Southern and Southwestern sections, where the soil is rich and summers long, this is one of the very finest apples, and should always have a place. North, it does not answer. Fruit, medium, globular, slightly tapering to the eye; pale waxy lemon yellow, with distinct brilliant crimson cheek in sun, irregular russet dots, and oft marred by patches of mold or fungus when grown on the alluvial bottoms; stem, slender; cavity, narrow, deep, regular; calyx, small; basin deep; core, small; seeds, round, ovate pointed; flesh, white, tender, delicate rose perfume; "best." October to January.