WITTE HERFSTCALVlLLE.
itte Herfstcalville (knoop, tab.1; matth. van noordt; Beschrijving der vruchtsoorten [Description of fruit varieties], first series, N°. 16).
People used to call this variety the Witte Zomercalville; there exists, however, another variety of that name (Pomme-neige, Ann. de Pom., 4, 77), which is the reason one has adopted the name Witte Herfstcalville, both because the variety in question is an autumn (Herfst) apple and in order to avoid confusion.
SHAPE: often a little bit higher as illustrated.
SIZE: third grade; on young trees second grade.
EYE: half closed or open, short, grey-brown, woolly sepals, in a broad, medium deep and woolly basin, surrounded by medium sized ribs which spread over the apple and between which smaller ribs or folds can be found. Lower part of the basin not always as broad as our illustration suggests.
STALK: short, usually fleshy, greenish brown; broad cavity, sometimes showing a thin, ray-like, greenish grey russeting
The COLOUR of the smooth and shiny skin is straw-yellow, sometimes more white; while still on the tree the fruits often show a whitish bloom. On the sun side some apples have small light red stripes and flames; lenticels are small and grey.
The FLESH is almost white, mixed with some yellow when ripe, rather fine, soft, not very juicy, sweetish sour, before full ripeness somewhat astringent; the core is medium sized, with rather big, light brown pips
TIME OF USE: end of September and October; third grade for dessert, a good apple for the kitchen.
The TREE is a strong grower, very fertile and the standard tree builds an attractive crown; summer twigs have short joints, leaves are egg-shaped, slightly curled up; we recommend it solely for standard tree in the back yard.