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Blanc Mollet
type: Cider
synonyms: Amer Blanc, Blanc Doux, Blanche Hâtive, la Blanche de la Somme, Bonne Race, Douce Morelle d'Aumale, Ferrand a Vire, Gannet, Gros Blanc de l'Orne, Gros Gannet, Gros Gèrard/Girard, Guibray, LeBlanc, LeBlanc de la Manche, Morelle de l'Eure, Pomme de Neiges, Petit Galop, Petit Jaunet, Vagnon Blanc, Petit Girard
summary: A French cider apple, medium body with a mild, bitter flavour. Classed as being very good.
identification: Medium to small, vigorous and productive. Rounded shape, often irregular. Golden yellow, sometimes with a faint pattern of reddish stripes on the sun-exposed face. Marked with abundant red lenticels. The calyx is small and tightly closed, set in a deep and narrow basin. The stem is short, medium thick and medium long, set in a funnel shaped cavity which is usually russetted.
characteristics: The flesh is white, tender. Moderately juicy, sweet and somewhat bitter. Bruises easily.
uses: Intended for making hard cider, excellent for developing a mildly bitter aftertaste.
origins: Originated in France during the 1700s, perhaps even earlier. Listed by J. F. Couverchel in "Traité des fruits, tant indigènes qu'exotiques" in 1839 as being grown in the Pays d'Auge region of Normandy where it is one of the essential varietals used in the production of Calvados apple spirit. Lucien Tranquille de Boutteville and Louis Achille Hauchecorne "Le Cidre. Traité rédigé d'après les documents recueillis, de 1864 à 1872" (published in 1873) as being an old variety, widely grown through the cider apple region of northwestern France. There seems to be no record of its parentage.
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading semi spur bearing. Produces heavy crops every other year.
cold storage: Needs to be used within two weeks of harvest.
harvest: Starting late in the fourth period and into the start of the fifth.
notes: This is one of the best early-season bittersweet French cider varieties.
juice character: Rich, golden juice.
juice_classification: Bittersweet (mild)
pollination group: E
pollination peak: 16
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 2
brix: 11.2
tannins: 2
acidity: 1.5
harvest period: 4
sg: 1.045
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