Chehalis
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Discovered in 1955 by Lloyd Lonborg of Oakville, Washington, U.S.A. near to the Chehalis river. Fruits are sweet and juicy with a melting flesh.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak-medium
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 83.34 mm
- Height
- 73.43 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- very weak
- Firmness
- soft
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Greasiness
- Strong
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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