Chaxhill Red
Dessert / Cider apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Mr Bennett of Chaxhill, Westbury-on-Severn. Recorded in 1873. Received a First Class Certificate for cider in 1873 at Gloucester. Fruits have tender flesh with a mild subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
- Material held in the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust collection (link to website)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Ffordd-fawr)
Accession No.
1952 - 052
- Accession name
- Chaxhill Red
- Flowering time ›››
- 12th May10% flowering
17th MayFull (80%) flowering 26th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose 1
- Height
- 52.33 mm 1
- Width
- 62.70 mm 1
- Ribbing
- very weak 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish green 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/solid flush 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Coarseness
- fine 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 1

- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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