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Chehalis
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Discovered in 1955 by Lloyd Lonborg of Oakville, Washington, U.S.A. near to the Chehalis river. Fruits are sweet and juicy with a melting flesh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Golden Delicious x Unknown
Accession No.
1974 - 051
- Accession name
- Chehalis
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
19th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 1
- Size
- large-very large 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 73.43 mm 1
- Width
- 83.34 mm 1
- Ribbing
- very weak 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- very low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Strong 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019