Calville Blanc d'Hiver

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White Winter Calville

A medium-sized, fragrant apple with a lumpy appearance. The skin is a smooth, pale green or pale yellow with some red blush.

This is a classic French dessert apple; it's the apple that is traditionally used for French "tarte aux pommes."

Cooking Tips for Calville Blanc d'Hiver

Keeps its shape very well when cooked. Also good for cider and cider vinegar.

Nutrition for Calville Blanc d'Hiver

Many sources say that Calville Blanc d'Hiver Apples have as much or more Vitamin C than an orange. This is false.


Oranges have 50 to 55g per 100g, depending on what source you check with. Calville Blanc d'Hiver Apples have a mean ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) of 17.8 mg/100 g [1]. Most apples average around 6 mg / per 100g. Note that Golden Noble apples, though, are much higher than Calville Blanc, having 25.10 mg / per 100g.

Storage Hints for Calville Blanc d'Hiver

Tastes even better after a month in storage.

History Notes for Calville Blanc d'Hiver

Originated in Europe in the late 1500s, known in France by the early 1600s.

Literature & Lore about Calville Blanc d'Hiver

Monet painted this apple in his still life, "Apples and Grapes".

Acknowlegements

[1] V. Planchon , M. Lateur , P. Dupont and G. Lognay.. Ascorbic acid level of Belgian apple genetic resources. Scientia Horticulturae, Volume 100, Issues 1-4, 19 March 2004, Pages 51-61.

Also called:
Calville Blanc d'Hiver (French); Weisze Winter Calville (German)
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