Chelmsford Wonder Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Morgan, J. & Richards, A. (Illus. Dowle, E.) (2002), The New Book of Apples,
  2. https://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?id=1070&&fruit=apple
  3. https://ptes.org/orchard-varieties/chelmsford-wonder/