The World of Apples

Apple varieties, France

Calville de Maussion

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:

Originated from France. Recorded in 1870. Fruits have a sweet, subacid, aromatic flavour.

Sources

  1. Calville de Maussion (accession 1947 - 272), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october); the other names.

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