A culinary apple of second-rate quality, ripe during July and August. The flesh is stained with red, particularly on the side next the sun, and partakes somewhat of the flavor of the strawberry. It is valued only for its earliness.
The tree is of small habit of growth, but an excellent bearer. There is great confusion subsisting between this variety and the Passe-pomme Rouge, which Duhamel has described under the name of Calville d’Eté.
60. CALVILLE ROUGE D’HIVER.—Knoop.
- Identification.—[Knoop Pom.] 62. [Christ Handb.] ed. 1, n. 17. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 118.
- Synonymes.—Calville Rouge, [Duh. Arb. Fruit.] i. 280. Calleville Rouge, [Schab. Prat.] ii. 88. Calville dit Sanguinole, [Merlet Abregé]. Calville Rouge Longue d’Hyver, [Zink. Pom.] n. 66. Calville Longue d’Hiver, acc. [Christ. Handb.] Calville Royale d’Hiver, Ibid. Rother Ekapfel, Ibid. Caillot Rosat, Ibid. Calville Rouge Couronnée, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] Calville Sanguinole, acc. Knoop. Calville Rouge Dedans et Dehors, Ibid. Calville Musquée, Ibid. Sanguinole, Ibid. Red Calville, [Lang. Pom.] 134, tab. lxxv. f. 3. Winter Red Calville, [Lind. Guide], 85. Rode Wintercalville, [Knoop. Pom.] Tab. ix. Aechter rother Wintercalville, [Diel Kernobst.] iii. 1. Rothe Wintercalville, [Sickler Obstgärt.] viii. 95, t. 6. Rother Winterquittenapfel, Walter, acc. Diel. Rother Winterkalwil, [Baum. Cat.] 1850.
- Figure.—[Knoop Pom.] Tab. ix. [Duh. Arb. Fr.] i. Tab. iii. [Poit. et Turp.] pl. 87.
Fruit, large, about three inches high, and the same in width; oblong, but not nearly so much ribbed on the sides as the other Calvilles already described. Skin, covered with a bluish bloom, deep shining crimson on the side next the sun, but paler red on the shaded side, and strewed with numerous yellowish dots. Eye, large and closed, with long segments set in a deep warted and wrinkled basin. Stalk, slender, three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a deep cavity, which is lined with thin brown russet. Flesh, greenish white stained with red, not very juicy, tender, vinous, and with a pleasant perfumed flavor.
A culinary apple of second-rate quality, ripe during November and December. The tree attains about the middle size, is vigorous and healthy in its young state, and is a good bearer. It is well adapted for growing as dwarfs on the paradise stock, and requires a rich and warm soil.
61. CALVILLE ROUGE DE MICOUD.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Trans.] vol. v., p. 242. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 119.
Fruit, below medium size; oblate, and ribbed on the sides. Skin, tough, and bitter tasted, red all over; but of a deeper and darker color on the side next the sun, and streaked and spotted with paler red on the shaded side. Eye open, placed in a wide and deep basin. Stalk, long, inserted in a round cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, tender and delicate, crisp, sweet, and perfumed.