Caville Blanc was a favorite apple of Thomas Jefferson and France's Louis XIII.  It an excellent sauce, cooking and dessert apple with tender, sweet-spicy, yellowish-white flesh with a flavorful, banana-like aroma.  It is reported to have more Vitamin C than an Orange.  The fruit is only medium-large sized with pale red dots on its greenish-white skin.  It is an excellent keeper.  It is resistant to scab, but not to cedar apple rust.  Late ripening around November.

Alternate name:  White Winter Caville

Caville Blanc d'Hiver dates back to Renaissance times is often the classic dessert apple seen in paintings.  It was known as far back as 1598.

Many heirloom varieties have some natural resistance to apple scab and other diseases, since they were often discovered and grown well before fruit growers started to use chemicals for disease control.  However, you may still want to be vigilant about fire blight, apple scab, and other fungal diseases and spray when the need arises.  Protect from insect damage like normal.

Height

12-15

Spread

10-15

Zone

5-9

Color

Bright red

Categories

Apple--- Heirloom Varieties, 

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