Chenango Strawberry
syn. Buckley, Chenago, Chenango, Chennango Strawberry, Fraise de Chenango, Frank, Jackson, Jackson Apple, Jackson's Apple, Sherwood's Favorite, Sherwood's Favourite, Smyrna, Strawberry
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated either in Lebanon, Madison County, New York or brought into Chenango County from Connecticut. It has been known since about 1850. Fruits have tender, fairly firm flesh with a subacid and aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 8th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid, aromatic
- Ribbing
- slightly ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- tall, conic, convex to straight
- Over colour
- often almost entirely flushed and splashed red
- Flesh colour
- white
- Flesh texture
- tender, moderately firm
- Ground colour
- yellowish white
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Conical
- Width
- 74.81 mm
- Height
- 80.73 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- strong
- Firmness
- soft
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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