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Violette
type: Cooking
synonyms: Black, Black Apple, Black Prince, Calville Rayee d’Automne, Pomme Violette, Violet, Violette de Mars, Violette de Quatre Gouts, Violette de Quatre?Gouts
identification: Medium size, round ovate, sometimes tending to conic. The skin is glossy with a yellow base colour over which is a dark red, almost black wash on the sun exposed face. It derives its name from the dark violet bloom that develops as it approached ripeness. The eye is medium large and partly to fully open, st in a deep and narrow basin.The stem is medium length, thick and set in a deep cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish with red stains under the skin. Firm, juicy, sweet and aromatic.
uses: An cooking apple.
origins: France 1628
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs. Produces heavy crops
cold storage: Keeps up to five months.
harvest: In the middle of the third period. Problems: ababab
notes: The name Violette is also used as a synonym for Calville Rouge d Automne, Calville Rouge d Ete and Chataignier.
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 6
ploidism: Self sterile. Group B. Day 6.
cold storage weeks: 20
harvest period: 3
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