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Kavelos is a historical apple cultivar recorded by N. E. Hansen in A Study of Northwestern Apples. Hansen places it with F. J. Peterson of Waconia, Minnesota, and says it was received from the Horticultural Department in Sweden. The available source gives no parentage, breeder, or release date. [S1]
The fruit is very large, but not heavy for its size. It is nearly regular, oblate conic, and has yellowish green skin thinly striped and splashed with dull red. The flesh is coarse grained, acid, and rated only fair. Hansen lists it as a culinary apple, not a dessert apple. [S1]
Kavelos is a summer apple. The source describes a wide, regular, acuminate cavity with slight radiating russet; a short to medium stem; a deep, very abrupt, irregular basin; and a half-open calyx with erect, convergent segments. The core is open, the cells are obovate, and the seeds are small, plump, and pointed. [S1]
The tree is upright with a closed top. It was reported as a light annual bearer. The source gives no disease observations, no storage duration beyond the summer season note, and no specific hardiness rating. Its inclusion in a northwestern apple bulletin gives regional trial context, but the source does not state a cold hardiness zone or winter survival claim for Kavelos. [S1]
Kavelos belongs in the apple cultivar context of the bulletin. The packet gives no taxonomic detail beyond apple, no direct parentage, and no descendant breeding use. Its main recorded traits are its Swedish source connection, very large culinary fruit, acid coarse flesh, and upright closed tree habit. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
Featured source descriptions
“Received from Horticultural Department, Sweden.”
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“Dots obscure, few, whitish, large; cavity acuminate, wide, regular, slight radiate russet; stem short to medium; basin deep, very abrupt, irregular; calyx half open, segments erect convergent.”
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“Core open; cells obovate; tube long, funnel-shaped, open to core; stamens median; seeds ten, small, plump, pointed.”
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“Kavelos is listed with a description centered on half-open, very large calyx.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 14 | A Study of Northwestern Apples | unknown | 9 | 0 | 0 | p64 p143 | Kavelos is listed with a description centered on half-open, very large calyx.; Cavity acuminate wide regular with slight radiating russet; stem short to medium; basin deep, abrupt, irregular; calyx half open with erect c |
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| 14 | p143 | description_snippet | Kavelos is listed with a description centered on half-open, very large calyx. | Season summer to early winter; calyx half open; very large ... Kavelos | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p64 | description_snippet | Cavity acuminate wide regular with slight radiating russet; stem short to medium; basin deep, abrupt, irregular; calyx half open with erect convergent segments. | Kavelos—From F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit very large, not heavy for its size, oblate conic, nearly regular; surface yellowish green, thinly striped and splashed dull red; ... Acid, fair; use culinary. Summer. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p64 | growth_habit | Tree form: upright, closed top, light annual bearer. | Kavelos—From F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit very large, not heavy for its size, oblate conic, nearly regular; surface yellowish green, thinly striped and splashed dull red; ... Acid, fair; use culinary. Summer. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p64 | storage_duration | Season note: Summer. | Kavelos—From F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit very large, not heavy for its size, oblate conic, nearly regular; surface yellowish green, thinly striped and splashed dull red; ... Acid, fair; use culinary. Summer. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p64 | culinary_use | Use: culinary. | Kavelos—From F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit very large, not heavy for its size, oblate conic, nearly regular; surface yellowish green, thinly striped and splashed dull red; ... Acid, fair; use culinary. Summer. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p64 | flavor_profile | Fruit flesh described as coarse grained, acid, fair. | Kavelos—From F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit very large, not heavy for its size, oblate conic, nearly regular; surface yellowish green, thinly striped and splashed dull red; ... Acid, fair; use culinary. Summer. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p64 | fruit_color | Surface described as yellowish green, thinly striped and splashed dull red. | Kavelos—From F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit very large, not heavy for its size, oblate conic, nearly regular; surface yellowish green, thinly striped and splashed dull red; ... Acid, fair; use culinary. Summer. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p64 | fruit_size | Fruit described as very large and nearly regular, not heavy for its size, oblate conic. | Kavelos—From F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit very large, not heavy for its size, oblate conic, nearly regular; surface yellowish green, thinly striped and splashed dull red; ... Acid, fair; use culinary. Summer. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p64 | selection_origin_reference | Origin attribution: from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota; received from Horticultural Department, Sweden. | Kavelos—From F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit very large, not heavy for its size, oblate conic, nearly regular; surface yellowish green, thinly striped and splashed dull red; ... Acid, fair; use culinary. Summer. | page_block:0.90 |
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| description_snippet | Kavelos is listed with a description centered on half-open, very large calyx. | 0.95 |
| description_snippet | Cavity acuminate wide regular with slight radiating russet; stem short to medium; basin deep, abrupt, irregular; calyx half open with erect convergent segments. | 0.93 |
| growth_habit | Tree form: upright, closed top, light annual bearer. | 0.92 |
| storage_duration | Season note: Summer. | 0.95 |
| culinary_use | Use: culinary. | 0.95 |
| flavor_profile | Fruit flesh described as coarse grained, acid, fair. | 0.90 |
| fruit_color | Surface described as yellowish green, thinly striped and splashed dull red. | 0.95 |
| fruit_size | Fruit described as very large and nearly regular, not heavy for its size, oblate conic. | 0.95 |
| selection_origin_reference | Origin attribution: from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota; received from Horticultural Department, Sweden. | 0.97 |
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