CHATLEYS KERNEL

Apple

CHATLEYS KERNEL

Origin and History

Origin undiscovered.

Tree

Growth and Fertility: Moderate growth; moderate fertility.

Foliage: Leaves grey-green, rather large, flat and undulating with fine serration.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, measuring 2½ by 2 inches; round, flattened, regular form.

Skin and Color: Yellowish-green with brown-red flush.

Flesh and Flavor: Very crisp, greenish flesh; acid taste.

Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Stem, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

January to May.

Uses

Culinary.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Bunyard's assessment: "Hardly worthy of cultivation."

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 1 catalog (1900)

Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900 — listed as Chatley's Kernel

View original book sources (1)

CHATLEYS KERNEL. Culinary, January to May, medium, 2½ by 2, round, flattened, regular. Colour, yellowish-green, with brown red flush. Flesh, very crisp, greenish, acid. Growth, moderate; fertility, moderate. Leaf, grey-green, rather large, flat undulating, finely serrate. Origin, undiscovered. Hardly worthy of cultivation.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)