Calville de Maussion
syn. Calleville de Maussion, Calville Maussion, Kalvil Mossion, Maussion's Calville
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated from France. Recorded in 1870. Fruits have a sweet, subacid, aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 2nd May (10%) · 8th May (full) · 15th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet and subacid, aromatic
- Ribbing
- ribbed in eye basin
- Fruit size
- large
- Fruit shape
- flat, rectangular, convex
- Over colour
- flushed pink
- Flesh colour
- yellowish white
- Flesh texture
- fine, compact
- Ground colour
- pale green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- strong
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium-strong
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- mottled/washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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