Biology:Chelmsford Wonder
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Short description: Apple cultivar
| Malus domestica 'Chelmsford Wonder' | |
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| Cultivar | 'Chelmsford Wonder' |
| Origin | about 1870 |
Chelmsford Wonder is a cooking apple cultivar.
Raised at Chelmsford about 1870 and introduced by local nurseryman William Saltmarsh in 1892. A large long keeping yellow-skinned apple with diffuse orange pink flush.[1] Still grown in Essex orchards.
It is also grown at Brogdale National Fruit Collection in Kent.[2]
References
- ↑ Morgan, J. & Richards, A. (Illus. Dowle, E.) (2002), The New Book of Apples, ISBN:978-0-09-188398-0
- ↑ "Chelmsford Wonder", National Fruit Collection, University of Reading and Brogdale Collections, http://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?id=1070&&fruit=apple, retrieved 17 October 2015
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