Histon Favourite
Culinary / Dessert apple
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by John Chivers at Histon, Cambridgeshire, England. It was first recorded in 1883. Fruits have rather soft, fine textured, juicy flesh which is a little sweet and with a faint flavour.
Synonyms:
Chiver's Seedling, Chivers' Seedling, Histon Favorite
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Fruit Size
medium b
Fruit Shape
intermediate to tall, truncate-conic, sometimes rectangular, convex b
Fruit Height
49-57 mm b
Fruit Width
55-65 mm b
Ribbing
not, or slightly ribbed b
Ground Colour
yellow b
Over Colour
slight red flush and stripes b
Flesh Colour
cream b
Flesh Texture
soft b
Flavour
subacid, slightly aromatic b
Accession name
Histon Favourite
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September a
Size
large a
Type
Culinary / Dessert a
Shape
Broad globose conical a
Height
58.98 mm a
Width
71.48 mm a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
weak a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
low a
Over Colour
Pink a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/washed out a
Russet
low a
Greasiness
Medium a
Firmness
soft a
Coarseness
fine a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register