Chelmsford Wonder

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Malus domestica 'Chelmsford Wonder'
Cross section of Chelmsford Wonder, National Fruit Collection (acc. 1957-213).jpg
Cultivar 'Chelmsford Wonder'
Originabout 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] The Chelmsford Wonder received an Award of Merit and a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1891. [2] Still grown in Essex orchards. [3]

It is also grown at Brogdale National Fruit Collection in Kent. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Morgan, J. & Richards, A. (Illus. Dowle, E.) (2002), The New Book of Apples, ISBN   978-0-09-188398-0
  2. ↑ "SEARCH".
  3. ↑ "Chelmsford Wonder".
  4. ↑ "Chelmsford Wonder", National Fruit Collection, University of Reading and Brogdale Collections, retrieved 17 October 2015


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