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Chelmsford Wonder

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Malus domestica 'Chelmsford Wonder'
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

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  1. ^ Morgan, J. & Richards, A. (Illus. Dowle, E.) (2002), The New Book of Apples, ISBN 978-0-09-188398-0
  2. ^ https://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?id=1070&&fruit=apple
  3. ^ https://ptes.org/orchard-varieties/chelmsford-wonder/
  4. ^ "Chelmsford Wonder", National Fruit Collection, University of Reading and Brogdale Collections, retrieved 17 October 2015