Chelmsford Wonder
syn. Chudo Shelmsforda, Merveille de Chelmsford, Wunder von Chelmsford
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised near Chelmsford, Essex in about 1870 and introduced in 1890 by Saltmarsh. Received an Award of Merit and a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1891. Fruits have firm, fine-textured flesh which is juicy and subacid.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Width
- 75.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 61.00 mm
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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