HISTON FAVOURITE

Apple

Origin & History

Raised at Histon, Cambridgeshire, by John Chivers early in the nineteenth century, and originally known as Chiver's Seedling.

Tree

Growth vigorous; fertility moderate. Leaves long oval, pale, slightly upfolded, very boldly serrate.

Fruit

Size: Medium; 2½ by 2¼ inches.

Form: Round, slightly flattened, regular.

Skin: Pale yellow with red flush and faint stripes.

Stem & Cavity: Stem is fairly long and stout, set in a wide and rather deep cavity which always bears a lining of yellow feathery russet.

Calyx (Eye): Closed.

Basin: Shallow and wide.

Flesh: Soft, pale yellow, juicy, slight aromatic flavor.

Core & Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

November to December.

Uses

Dessert or cooking.

Subtypes & Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Bunyard noted: "A nice fruit, but rather too small with me."

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

View original book sources (1)

HISTON FAVOURITE. (Chiver's Seedling.) Dessert or cooking, November to December, medium, 2½ by 2¼, round, slightly flattened, regular. Colour, pale yellow with red flush and faint stripes. Flesh, soft, pale yellow, juicy, slight aromatic flavour. Eye, closed in a shallow wide basin. Stem, fairly long, stout, in a wide and rather deep cavity, which always has a lining of yellow feathery russet. Growth, vigorous; fertility moderate. Leaf, long oval, pale, slightly upfolded, very boldly serrate. Origin, raised at Histon, Cambs., by Mr. John Chivers early in the nineteenth century. A nice fruit, but rather too small with me.

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

Chiver's Seedling