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Chivers Delight
type: Dessert
identification: Medium in size. Flat with angular sides. Greenish yellow skin that tends more to golden yellow with ripening. Reddish brown flush with mottled appearance. The stem is short and stout, set in a shallow open cavity which is usually russeted.
characteristics: Creamy white flesh, crisp. Sweet, juicy and crunchy. Slightly acidic. Hints of honey.
uses: An excellent dessert apple, needs minimal sugar.
origins: This was the most successful of several apple varieties developed around 1920 at Chivers Farm by Stephen Chiver for his jam making factory (now Premier Foods) at Histon near Cambridge, UK. Unfortunately few records were kept and it can only be presumed that this is another Cox Pippin derivative.?i was popular during the early 1900s but has since faded into the background.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright, spur bearer, upright and spreading. Ready for harvest in the middle of the second period. Not suitable for humid climates.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to canker.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 14
ploidism: Needs a pollinizer. Group D. Day 14.
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