Calville des Femmes

One of a number of Calville apples from Normandy.

Origin: France, 1850

Pollination: Calville des Femmes is a self-sterile triploid and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

British-grown All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

Calville des Femmes apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2025

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price
Maiden	M9Dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	M26Semi-dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	MM106Semi-vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	MM111Vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	M25Very vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2026. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Calville des Femmes

Found in the garden of Comice Horticole, Angers, France 1850. Large greenish yellow fruit with the heavily ribbed Calville shape. Stores well. Keeps shape when cooked but has little flavour.

Characteristics of Calville des Femmes apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Yellow
Flavour	Sharp
Fruit size	Large
Picking time	Mid/Late Oct
Season of use	Nov-Feb
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping
Special features	Cooked Keeps Shape
Pollination date	15
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile triploid
Pollinators	Pollination partners