Calville Blanc

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Origin

United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 13.4 °Bx
Titratable acidity: 7.39 g/L
Juice pH: 3.40

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

Margaret is a first-rate early dessert apple of medium size, roundish-ovate form, with greenish-yellow shaded skin and bright-red striping. The flesh is greenish-white, brisk, juicy, and vinous with a pleasant, refreshing flavor, ripening in early August but not keeping long. A very old English variety, it grows as a small, hardy tree and is well-suited for training as dwarf or espalier on paradise stock.

Flavor & Texture

briskjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eating

2 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.

Lineage

Offspring

Doctor Hogg Beauty of Bath Jennifer Strippy

Where to Pick

LynOaken FarmsOrleans County
U-Pick
Kingbird Orchard - Etta Place Cidery

Origin & History

Status: commercial
Known by: ≥ 1800

briskjuicyvinous

Disease Resistance

Apple scab: susceptible
Leaf spot: highly susceptible

Cornell Apple Variety Database.

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589596
UK National Fruit Collection: 889
MUNQ ID: 761
Cited authority (Hogg 1851): Rea