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Caravel
A rad Canadian summer apple with crisp juicy white flesh.
Origin: Canada, 1964
Pollination: Caravel is self-sterile 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, and have Defra plant-passport labels.
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History and description of Caravel
Raised from Melba x Crimson Beauty at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada and introduced in 1964. Grown on a small scale in Eastern Canada. Medium sized, flat round fruit. Attractive dark red flush over a green skin. Very white, firm juicy flesh. Scented with a sweet almond-like flavour. Hardy, heavy cropping tree with a biennial tendency.Characteristics of Caravel apple trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Flushed |
| Flavour | Sweet |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Aug |
| Season of use | Aug |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Biennial |
| Suitable for | Hardy |
| Pollination date | 7 |
| Pollination group | B |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Parentage | Early Red Bird Melba |
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