Malus domestica 'Chelmsford Wonder' | |
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] 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.