| 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]
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The Flower of Kent is a green cultivar of cooking apple. According to the story, this is the apple Isaac Newton saw falling to ground from its tree, inspiring his laws of universal gravitation. It is pear-shaped, mealy, and sub-acid, and of generally poor quality by today's standards. As its name suggests, this cultivar likely originated from Kent, England.
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The Cornish Gilliflower is a cultivar of apple.
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