Calville Blanc d'Hiver
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in Europe, probably France or Germany. Recorded in 1598. Fruits have a rather soft, fine-textured juicy flesh with a rich, sweet, aromatic flavour. Fruits fail to ripen fully in the UK.
Synonyms:
a Frire, Admirable Blanche, Admirable-Blanche, American White Winter Calville, Bial zimen Kalvil, Bily zimni hranac, Blanche de Zurich, Blanche des Wurtembergeois, Blandureau d'Auvergne, Bonnet Caree, Bonnet Carre, Bonnet Carret, Bonnet-Carre, Caleville Blanche, Caleville de Gascogne, Caleville Tardif, Calleville, Calleville Blanc, Calleville Blanc a Cotes, Calleville Blanc d'Hiver, Calleville Blanche, Calvil Alb de Iarna, Calvill Weisser Winter, Calvilla Alba, Calvilla Bianca d'Inverno, Calville a Cotes, Calville Acoute, Calville Blanc, Calville Blanc a Cotes, Calville Blanche, Calville Blanche a Cotes, Calville Blanche d'Automne, Calville Blanche d'Hiver, Calville Blanche d'Hyver, Calville Blanche Melonne a Cotes, Calville de Gascogne, Calville de Paris, Calville Tardive, Calville White Winter, Calville Withe Winter, Calvine, Calvire, Catogna, Cotogna, de Calville, de Coign, de Coing, de Fraise, Eck Apfel, Eckapfel, Eggerling, Ekkeling, Englischer Winter Calville, Englisher Weisser Winter Calville, Fraise d'Hiver, Framboise d'Hiver, Franzosischer Quitten Apfel, Franzosischer Quittenapfel, Gelber Winter Calvill, Gelber Winter Calville, Glace, Gros Rambour a Cotes, Gros-Rambour a Cotes, Gross-Pomme de Zurich, Grosse Pomme de Zurich, Grosse-Pomme Blanche du Wurtemberg, Hvid Vinterkalville, Hvit Vintercalvill, Kalvil Belii Zimnii, Kalvil Bily Zimni, Malus Calvilla Alba, Melonen apfel, Melonenapfel, Melonne, Melonne a Cotes, Niger, Ostenapfel, Oster Apfel, Paasch Apfel, Paaschapfel, Paradies Apfel, Paradiesapfel, Parijskii Kalvil, Paris Apple, Parisapfel, Pome de Fraise, Pomme de Caleville, Pomme de Calleville, Pomme de Calville, Pomme de Coign, Pomme de Coin, Pomme de Fraise, Pomme de Framboise, Pomme de Glace, Pomme Glace, Quitten Apfel, Quittenapfel, Rambour a Cotes Gros, Rambour a Cotes Grosses, Reinette a Cotes, Reinette Cotelee, Reinnette a Cotes, Stern Apfel, Stern Reinette, Sternapfel, Sternreinette, Taponelle, Taponne, Taponnelle, Tapounelle, Teli feher kalvil, Vit Vinterkalvil, Vit Vinterkalvill, Wahrer Winter Calville, Weiss Zurich, Weisse Winter Calvill, Weisse Winter Calville, Weisser Erdbeerapfel, Weisser Himbeer, Weisser Himbeer Apfel, Weisser Himbeerapfel, Weisser Winter Calvill, Weisser Winter Calville, Weisser Winter-Calvill, Weisser Winterkalwil, Weisser Zurich Apfel, Weisser Zurichapfel, Weiszer Erdbeerapfel, Weiszer Himbeerapfel, Weiszer Wintercalville, White Autumn Calville, White Calville, White Winter Calville, Winter Calville, Winter Quitten Apfel, Winter Quittenapfel, Winter White, Winter White Calville, Winter Wite Calvile, Withe calville, Witte Winter Calville
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Donnington)
Mother to:
Adersleber Calville
Signe Tillisch
Lombarts Calville
Accession name
Calville Blanc d'Hiver
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
Size
medium 1
Type
Culinary / Dessert 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Ribbing
strong 1
Crown
very strong 1
Ground Colour
Whitish green 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1
Russet
low-medium 1
Firmness
soft 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1
Accession name
Calville Blanc d'Hiver
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
mid october 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register