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Chaxhill Red

Dessert / Cider · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised by Mr Bennett of Chaxhill, Westbury-on-Severn. Recorded in 1873. Received a First Class Certificate for cider in 1873 at Gloucester. Fruits have tender flesh with a mild subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
12th May (10%) · 17th May (full) · 26th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
miId subacid
Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye and on body
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
intermediate, rectangular, convex
Fruit width
62-69 mm
Over colour
almost entirely flushed deep crimson, streaked deeper red
Russet type
some russet
Flesh colour
cream
Fruit height
53-59 mm
Flesh texture
tender
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert / Cider
Crown
weak
Shape
Globose
Width
62.70 mm
Height
52.33 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
very weak
Juiciness
juicy
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish green
Over colour amount
medium
Over colour pattern
striped/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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