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Red Autumn Calville

Apple

Red Autumn Calville

Origin / History

An old French apple of unknown origin (Downing). Planted spring 1895 on trial at the Central Experimental Farm, Agassiz, B.C.

Tree

Tree vigorous, productive. Young wood dark reddish brown.

Fruit

Size: Above medium to large.

Form: Roundish conical, ribbed; deeply ribbed (Downing).

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Ground pale yellowish to greenish yellow, washed and overspread with red, in shades of rich dark, or very dark red (Downing), or nearly overspread with pale red (Agassiz).

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, tender, juicy, often stained with red (Downing). Sprightly aromatic, subacid (Downing); pleasantly acid, slightly aromatic (Agassiz). Quality good.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

September to December. At Agassiz, October.

Uses

Downing calls it "an unprofitable variety."

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 6 catalogs (1845–1911) from California, England, Massachusetts

  • Winship's Nursery (Brighton Nurseries , operated by the Winship family), Brighton (Boston) , Massachusetts — 1845
  • Felix Gillet , Barren Hill Nursery, Nevada City , California — 1884 — listed as Calville Rouge
  • George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1900 — listed as Calville Rouge
  • Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900 — listed as Calville Rouge
  • Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900 — listed as Calville Red Autumn
  • James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911 — listed as Calville Rouge d'Automne
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Red Autumn Calville.

Calville Rouge d'Automne. Calville Rouge. Calville d'Automne. Pomme Violette. Erd Beere, or Strawberry of Switzerland. Rosseau, incorrectly.

An old French Apple of unknown origin. Tree vigorous, productive. Young wood dark reddish brown.

Fruit large, roundish conical, deeply ribbed, pale yellowish, washed and overspread with shades of rich dark, or very dark red. Flesh white, tender, juicy, often stained with red, sprightly aromatic, subacid. Good. September to December. An unprofitable variety.

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

Planted Spring 1895. Tree a vigorous grower. Fruit above medium size, roundish conical, ribbed. Skin greenish yellow, nearly overspread with pale red. Flesh white, tender, juicy, pleasantly acid, slightly aromatic, quality good. Season October.

— Central Experimental Farm, Central Experimental Farm, Agassiz BC — Catalogue of Fruit Trees under Test (Bulletin No. 3, 1900) (1900)
Autumn Calville Autumn Red Calville Braunroter Himbeer Braunroter Himbeer A Calleville Rouge d'Automne Calleville Rouge d'Automne des Allemands Calleville d'Automne Calleville de Lindau Calvill von Lindau Calville Rouge Calville Rouge d'Automne Calville d'Automne Calville de Lindau Edelkönig Erd Apfel Erd Beere Framboise d'Automne Französischer Herbst Calvill Gelder's Present Geldersch Present Granat Apfel Grelot Grosser Roter Himbeer Apfel Grosser Roter Sommer Himbeer A Grosser Roter Sommer oder Herbst Himbeer A Herfst Present Himbeer A Himbeer Apfel Immer Rötling Innerrötling Kant Kant Appel Klapper A Klapper Apfel Kroot Appel Pomme Violette Present d'Automne Present de Gelder Red Blandon Red Calville Roi Tres-Noble Roi Très-Nobbe Roode Rammelaar Roode Wyn Appel Roode Wynappel Rosseau Rot Apfel Roter Apfel Roter Herbst Calvill Roter Himbeer A Roter Paradies Roter Paradies A Sonnette Strawberry of Switzerland Zehn Gebot A Red Winter Calville Roseau Violette