Calville Rouge D'Hiver

A very old and well known French cooking apple

Origin: France, 1600

Pollination: 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 Rouge D'Hiver 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 Rouge D'Hiver

A cooking apple ideal for purées

Characteristics of Calville Rouge D'Hiver apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Red
Flavour
Fruit size
Picking time	Nov
Season of use	Dec-Mar
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit
Fruit-bearing
Cropping
Pollination date	16
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility
Pollinators	Pollination partners