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Apple varieties, France

Calville d'Oullins

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

Discovered by nurseryman A. Jaboulay, Oullins, Lyon, France in about 1850. Fruits have crisp, acid flesh.

Where Calville d'Oullins came from.

Sources

Calville d'Oullins (accession 1996 - 022), 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.