Chieftain
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1917 by S.A. Beach at Iowa Experimental Station, Ames, U.S.A and introduced in 1967. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- strong-very strong
- Shape
- Globose
- Width
- 73.08 mm
- Height
- 63.30 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- strong
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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