{"product_id":"calville-rouge-apple","title":"Calville Rouge Apple Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eCalville Rouge Apple Tree offers the rare chance to grow a historic French culinary apple whose beauty is matched by its connection to California’s Gold Rush landscape. The fruit develops rich red coloring and firm flesh with the fragrance, acidity, and structure needed for memorable tarts, pies, baked apples, and fresh tasting. Its late harvest allows flavor to build through autumn, making each apple a satisfying finale to the orchard season. This is also a preservation tree: descendants of the variety survive at historic Sierra foothill sites associated with pioneering nurseryman Felix Gillet, and each new planting helps keep that living agricultural legacy in cultivation. For gardeners who enjoy food history, regional stories, and uncommon fruit, Calville Rouge provides more than a harvest—it creates a direct link between a home orchard, 19th-century French pomology, and the early fruit-growing history of Northern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalville Rouge needs about 1,000 chill hours and grows in USDA zones 5–9. This semi-dwarf tree on M-111 rootstock ripens in late fall to early winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalville Rouge requires a compatible apple with overlapping bloom. Golden Delicious or Granny Smith are recommended partners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCalville Rouge Apple Tree Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFruit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Historic red culinary apple with firm flesh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlavor and texture:\u003c\/strong\u003e Aromatic, structured, and balanced for cooking and fresh tasting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest uses:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tarts, pies, baked apples, sauce, and fresh eating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHarvest:\u003c\/strong\u003e Late fall to early winter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5–9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChill hours:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 1,000 hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTree size:\u003c\/strong\u003e Semi-dwarf on M-111 rootstock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePollination:\u003c\/strong\u003e Requires another compatible apple with overlapping bloom.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRecommended pollinizers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Plant with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/apple-golden-delicious-semi-dwarf\"\u003eGolden Delicious Apple\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/products\/apple-granny-smith-semi-dwarf\"\u003eGranny Smith Apple\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Choose a site with sufficient winter chill and a long season to mature its late crop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSomething special:\u003c\/strong\u003e Felix Gillet introduced this French apple to California in 1876; an old tree survives near Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOrchard Planning Resources\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/articles\/bare-root-tree-selection-guide\"\u003eBare Root Tree Selection Guide\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/articles\/planting-bare-root-trees-for-beginners-a-comprehensive-guide\"\u003eHow to Plant Bare Root Trees\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1Rdt4TYt4fE0vpvNhXDgewxzwx4hg8xQc8_14DbtDKNc\/edit?usp=drivesdk\"\u003eFruit \u0026amp; Nut Tree Characteristics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRTawkXXtycdiTxe58p-gVjdAzuxvNCc7sZ9wri56m0rgvBQIbRObXuK2hSdDHL08ev0R3uzcupme6D\/pubhtml\"\u003eTree Rootstock Characteristics Chart\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Felix Gillet Institute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41859968761969,"sku":"FT389","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/1391\/9089\/files\/calville_rouge_apple.jpg?v=1766096392","url":"https:\/\/www.groworganic.mom\/products\/calville-rouge-apple","provider":"Grow Organic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}