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Lombarts Calville

syn. Lombarts Kalvill, Lombartscalville, Witte Winter Lombartscalville

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1906 by P. Lombarts, Zundert, The Netherlands. It was introduced by the Lombarts family in 1911. Fruits have firm, fairly coarse, soft flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet, subacid
Ribbing
strongly ribbed at eye and on body
Fruit size
medium to large
Fruit shape
intermediate to tall, truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
67-74 mm
Flesh colour
cream
Fruit height
58-68 mm
Skin texture
greasy
Flesh texture
firm, fairly coarse, soft
Ground colour
yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Dessert
Crown
medium
Shape
Truncate conical
Width
73.94 mm
Height
63.25 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
firm
Juiciness
juicy
Coarseness
coarse
Greasiness
Strong
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
absent
Over colour pattern
mottled/washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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