Histon Favourite
syn. Chiver's Seedling, Chivers' Seedling, Histon Favorite
Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by John Chivers at Histon, Cambridgeshire, England. It was first recorded in 1883. Fruits have rather soft, fine textured, juicy flesh which is a little sweet and with a faint flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 4th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid, slightly aromatic
- Ribbing
- not, or slightly ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate to tall, truncate-conic, sometimes rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 55-65 mm
- Over colour
- slight red flush and stripes
- Flesh colour
- cream
- Fruit height
- 49-57 mm
- Flesh texture
- soft
- Ground colour
- yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary / Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 71.48 mm
- Height
- 58.98 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Pink
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- low
- Over colour pattern
- striped/washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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