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Apple varieties, France

Calville Rouge du Mont d'Or

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

Found at Champagne-au-Mont-d’Or, France and propagated by horticulturist M. Laperriere. Described in 1934. Fruits have soft, rather coarse flesh with a sweet subacid to acid flavour.

Calville Rouge du Mont d'Or
Where Calville Rouge du Mont d'Or came from.

Sources

  1. Calville Rouge du Mont d'Or (accession 1949 - 115), 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 september); the other names.

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