Chelmsford Wonder

*Malus domestica* 'Chelmsford Wonder'
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] Still grown in Essex orchards.

It is also grown at Brogdale National Fruit Collection in Kent.^[2]

References

^ Morgan, J. & Richards, A. (Illus. Dowle, E.) (2002), The New Book of Apples, ISBN 978-0-09-188398-0
^ "Chelmsford Wonder", National Fruit Collection, University of Reading and Brogdale Collections, retrieved 17 October 2015

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[NewBkApple-1] Morgan, J. & Richards, A. (Illus. Dowle, E.) (2002), The New Book of Apples, ISBN 978-0-09-188398-0

[2] "Chelmsford Wonder", National Fruit Collection, University of Reading and Brogdale Collections, retrieved 17 October 2015