Tardive de Bouvignies

Tardive de Bouvignies apple tree produces large apples with a sweet flavour and a slight aromatic note.

The fruit is picked in early October and is best eaten from late October through to early January. It is therefore a reasonably good keeping apple.

For good storage, the apples should be harvested carefully, without bruising or marking the skin. Store them in ventilated crates in a cool, healthy and lightly ventilated place, and remove any damaged fruit during storage.

Tardive de Bouvignies can be susceptible to scab, but is not very sensitive to powdery mildew.

Flowering is mid-early. It can be pollinated by Transparente Blanche, Gris Brabant, or any other good pollinating apple variety flowering at the same time.

In the Douai area, this apple is known as Tardive de Bouvignies, while in Artois it is sometimes called Rambour d’Hiver. The name Tardive de Bouvignies helps avoid confusion with another German variety also known as Rambour d’Hiver.

Its Belgian synonym is Calville des Bawettes.

We produce this grafted apple tree on several rootstocks, which influence the final size of the mature tree. It is available in several tree forms depending on availability.