Applevariety
Chelmsford Wonder
Also known as Chudo Shelmsforda +2
Chudo Shelmsforda · Merveille de Chelmsford · Wunder von Chelmsford
A cooking apple with cream flesh and yellow skin, flat-round in shape, introduced in 1890; mildly tart, juicy, crisp and firm. Picked in early October.
Origin · near Chelmsford, Essex
Released 1890
Taste & texture
- Acidity
- subacid
- Firmness
- firm
- Bite
- crisp
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Used for
- Culinary apple
How to spot it
- Skin
- Surface colour RedBackground colour YellowSurface colour pattern striped
- Flesh
- Cream
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Size
- largeWidth 75.00 mmHeight 61.00 mm
Origin & family
Where Chelmsford Wonder began
Recorded origin
near Chelmsford, Essex
- Released
- 1890
Field notes
Original source notes
Fruit & tree
- size
- large
- type
- Culinary
- shape
- Flat globose
- width
- 75.00 mm
- crunch
- crisp
- height
- 61.00 mm
- synonyms
- Chudo Shelmsforda, Merveille de Chelmsford, Wunder von Chelmsford
- over colour
- Red
- flesh colour
- Cream
- ground colour
- Yellow
- over colour pattern
- striped
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.