Chaney
AppleChaney
Origin/History
A Pennsylvania apple, valued primarily for its keeping qualities.
Tree
Straggling grower; vigorous and good bearer.
Fruit
Form & Size: Medium; oblate or roundish oblate, inclining to conic.
Skin: Pale yellow, shaded in the sun with crimson, sprinkled with light gray dots.
Flesh: Whitish, firm, moderately juicy.
Flavor & Quality: Sprightly subacid flavor. Good to very good.
Core: Small.
Season & Storage
December to March. Long keeper.
Uses
Valued as a long keeper.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Chaney.
A Pennsylvania Apple, valuable mainly as a long keeper. Tree a straggling grower, vigorous and good bearer.
Fruit medium, oblate or roundish oblate, inclining to conic, pale yellow, shaded in the sun with crimson, and sprinkled with light gray dots. Flesh whitish, firm, moderately juicy, with a sprightly subacid flavor. Good to very good. Core small. December to March.