Yellow Calville
AppleYELLOW CALVILLE
Origin/History
A Russian apple, introduced to North America as No. 442 in the United States Department of Agriculture's importation of 1870. The variety was later imported by the Iowa Agricultural College under the designation Voronesh No. 21. It was received for testing at the New York Station in 1888 from Dr. T. H. Hoskins of Newport, Vermont. As of Beach's 1905 writing, it was practically unknown in New York.
Tree
The tree comes into bearing moderately young and is nearly an annual cropper.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium to rather small; oblate to oblate conic.
Skin: Smooth, pale yellow, sometimes with a faint blush.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Acute, wide, rather shallow.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Shallow, slightly wrinkled.
Flesh and Flavor: White, fine-grained, tender, moderately juicy. Flavor subacid, fair or sometimes good.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
August apple.
Uses
Not recommended for cultivation in New York, being much inferior to standard sorts of its season.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)YELLOW CALVILLE.
REFERENCES. 1. Budd, Ia. Agr. Coll. Bul., 1885:17. 2. Gibb, Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1887:48. 3. Beach and Paddock, N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 13:584. 1894. 4. Beach, W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 41:50. 1896. 5. Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bul., 56:345, 353. 1905.
SYNONYMS. Kalvil jeltui (2, 5). Kalville scholti (1, 2, 5). No. 442 (1, 2, 3, 5). Voronesh No. 21 (3). YELLOW CALVILLE (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
An August apple, medium to rather small, smooth, pale yellow, sometimes with faint blush, oblate to oblate conic. Cavity acute, wide, rather shallow; calyx closed; basin shallow, slightly wrinkled; flesh white, fine-grained, tender, moderately juicy, subacid, fair or sometimes good. The tree comes into bearing moderately young and is nearly an annual cropper. Not recommended for cultivation in this state being much inferior to standard sorts of its season.
Historical. This is a Russian apple, being No. 442 of the importation of the United States Department of Agriculture of 1870 (3, 5). Later it was imported by the Iowa Agricultural College under the designation Voronesh No. 21 (1). In 1888 it was received for testing at this Station from Dr. T. H. Hoskins, Newport, Vt. It is practically unknown in New York.