Chorister Boy

A dessert apple with cream flesh and green-yellow skin, flat in shape, first recorded in 1890; tart, juicy, firm and soft. Picked in early October.

Origin · Wiltshire

National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0

Taste & texture

Acidity: acid
Firmness: firm
Juiciness: juicy
Texture: Flesh grain fine

Used for: Dessert apple

How to spot it

Skin: Surface colour RedBackground colour Green yellowSurface colour pattern streaked
Flesh: Cream
Shape: Flat
Size: medium
Appearance: Surface ridges weak-medium

Origin & family

Where Chorister Boy began

Recorded origin

Wiltshire

Field notes

Original source notes

Fruit & tree

size: medium
type: Dessert
shape: Flat
ribbing: weak-medium
firmness: firm
coarseness: fine
over colour: Red
flesh colour: Cream
ground colour: Green yellow
over colour pattern: streaked

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