Sumnoi Kalville
AppleSumnoi Kalville
Origin / History
Imported from Russia. In Hansen's assessment, this variety appears identical with the Christmas No. 310, then grown in Minnesota, and also with Scented White (No. 136 M) and Crooked Spike (No. 159 M).
Fruit
Size & Form: Medium; regular, oblong, sharply conical, sometimes roundish oblate, but always tapering sharply to the basin.
Skin & Color: Surface unctuous and delicate; yellowish white ground mostly covered with mixed and marbled rosy red with broken splashes of darker red. The color is heavily interspersed with whitish net-veining, giving it a very characteristic marbled appearance.
Dots: Obscure, white, numerous.
Cavity: Regular, medium depth, russeted.
Stem: Medium to long.
Basin: Very peculiar, flat with corrugations and ribs around the eye.
Calyx: Closed; segments small and divergent.
Core & Seeds: Core open, clasping; cells very large; tube long and conical. Stamens marginal. Seeds long and pointed.
Flesh & Flavor: White, tender, fine-grained, juicy, spicy, subacid; very good for table use.
Season
Late fall.
Uses
Table use.
Tree
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Sumnoi Kalville--As imported from Russia; this appears identical with the Christmas No. 310, now grown in Minnesota; also with Scented White, No. 136 M and Crooked Spike, No. 159 M-Fruit medium, regular, oblong, sharply conical, sometimes roundish oblate, but always tapering sharply to the basin; surface unctuous, delicate, yellowish white, mostly covered with mixed and marbled rosy red with broken splashes of darker red, the color is much interspersed with whitish net-veining giving it a very characteristic marbled appearance; dots obscure, white, numerous; cavity regular, medium, russeted; stem medium to long; basin very peculiar, flat with corrugations and ribs around the eye; calyx closed, segments small, divergent. Core open, clasping; cells very large; tube long, conical; stamens marginal; seeds long, pointed; flesh white, tender, fine grained, juicy, spicy, subacid, very good for table. Late fall.