48 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



55. CALVILLE BLANCHE D'ETE.— Knoop. 



Identification.— Knoop Pom. 13. Chart. Cat. 56. Biel Kernobst. B. II. 7. 

 Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 109. 



Synonymes.— White CalvUle, Ace. Hurt. Soc. Cat. Calville Blanc, Jard. Fran^. 

 106. Wahrer Weiszer Sommer Calville, Diei Kernobst. B. II. 7. Weisser Som- 

 merkalwil, Baum. Cat. 1850. 



Figure. — Knoop Pom. t. 1. 



Fruit, medium sized, about three inches broad, and two inches high ; 

 roundish and flattened at the ends, with prominent ribs on the sides, 

 which extend to the eye and form ridges round the apex — the true 

 character of the Calvilles. Skin, tender and delicate ; when ripe, of a 

 very pale straw color, and without the least tinge of red on the side 

 exposed to the sun, but sometimes marked with a few traces of delicate 

 russet, but no dots. Eye, large, and closed with long, broad, acuminate 

 segments, and set in a pretty deep and very angular basin. Stalk, three 

 quarters of an inch long, stout, inserted in a wide and rather shallow 

 cavity, which is lined with thin russet. Flesh, white, tender, and deli- 

 cate, with a sweet and pleasant flavor. 



A very good early culinary apple, but not of the finest quality, being 

 too soft and tender ; it is ripe during August, and lasts till the middle of 

 September. 



The tree is a very strong and vigorous grower, with a large round 

 head, and is an excellent bearer. It is distinguished by its very large 

 foliage, the leaves being A\ inches long by 3^ broad. 



This is an old continental variety, but has been very little noticed by 

 writers on Pomology. It is mentioned in the Jardinier Fran9ais, of 1653, 

 and by De Quintinye, but the first work in which it is either figured 

 or described, is Knoop's Pomologie. Duhamel does not notice it, although 

 it is enumerated in the catalogue of the Chartreuse, from whose garden 

 he received the materials for producing his work on fruits. 



5Q. CALVILLE BLANCHE D'HIVER.— Knoop. 



Identification. — Knoop Pom. 66. Duh. Arb. Fruit, I. 279. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 ed. 3, n. 110. 



Synonyjiks. — Calville Blanche a Cotes, Merlet Ahrege, 134. Calville Acoute, 

 Lanq. Pom. 134, t. Ixxviii. f. 1. Calleville Blanc, Schab. Prat. II. 88. Cal- 

 ville Blanc, Bret. Ecole, II. 472. Calville Blanche, Chart. Cat. 51. Calville 

 Tardive, Ace. Christ Handb. ed. 1, 381. Poninie de Framboise, Ibid. 

 Ponime de Coin, Ibid. Pome de Fraise, Ibid. Rambour a Cotes Gros, Ace. 

 Hort. Soc. Cat. Bonnet Carre, Ace. Bon. Jard. Ponime Glace, Ibid. 1810, 

 but erroneously. White Calville, Switz. Fr. Gard. 135. Coze View. 136. 

 White Autumn Calville, Aber. Diet. Winter White Calville, Fors. Treat. 

 96. Lind. Guide, 59. White Winter Calville, Down. Fr. Avier. 103. Fran- 

 zosischer Quittenapfel, Zink. Pom. n. 89. Weiszer Himbeerapfel, Meyen 

 Baumsch. 300. Weiszer Erdbcerenapfel, /feflwe ^«M'e«s, 130. Weiszer Winter- 

 calville. Die! Kernobst. II. 12. Parisapfel, Ace. Christ Handb. Eckapfel, or I'^kke- 

 ling, in Lower Saxony, Ace. Christ. Weisser Winterkalwil, Baum. Cat. 1850. 



Figure. — Knoop Pom. Tab. xi. Duh. Arb. Fr. vol. i., pi. ii. Jard. Fruit, ed. 2, 

 pi. 103. 



Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and three inches and a 

 quarter high ; roundish and flattened, with broad uneven and unequal 



