Calville Duquesne
syn. Kalvil Dukena
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised at Mons-Pont-Canal, Belgium by nurseryman Duquesne. It was known to be in existence in 1895. Fruits have soft, coarse flesh with a subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 3rd May (10%) · 8th May (full) · 15th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Truncate conical
- Width
- 68.00 mm
- Height
- 50.00 mm
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- low
Source · National Fruit Collection
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