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Amère de Surville
type: Cider
synonyms: Amer de Surville, Normande, Espèce-Arnout
identification: Medium tending to large, conic and often irregular shape. The base colour is greenish yellow, marked with a pattern of red streaks on the sun-exposed face. The calyx is large and closed, set in an irregularly shaped, shallow basin and surrounded by a knobbed crown. The stem is short and quite stout, set in a narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish which is most pronounced close to the skin. Very bitter with no discernible aroma.
origins: Mentioned in 1896 by Auguste Truelle in his "Atlas des Meilleures Variétés de Fruits à Cidre" as being well-known by various names in the Pays d'Auge region of Normandy (France). Truelle proposed the current name.
cultivation: Vigorous. Pyramidal shape.
cold storage: Keeps well in storage.
harvest: Can be harvested at the end of the fifth period.
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 7
ploidism: Self sterile.
harvest period: 5
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