Chivers Delight apple
Malus domestica
Delightful, easy-going apple, sweet, juicy, crunchy - and some aromatic qualities
Parentage: Unknown, might be Cox
Origin: England
Introduced: 1920
Season: Nov-Jan
Apple cultivar ID: 101100
Cambridgeshire has a long tradition of fruit-growing, including extensive apple orchards, and the Chivers family started a highly successful jam-making factory at Histon near Cambridge in the late 19th century, using fruit from nearby orchards. The Chivers brand is now part of Premier Foods, and jam production still continues at Histon - see www.premierfoods.co.uk
In the 1920s one of the family, Stephen Chivers, started to develop his own apple varieties, of which Chivers Delight was the most successful. Unfortunately there is little information on the parentage of this lovely apple, although the flattened shape and sweet flavour hint at Cox's Orange Pippin.
Chivers Delight was popular in the first half of the 20th century but has since fallen out of favour. It is a medium-sized apple, crisp, with a sweet but well-balanced flavour. Definitely worth trying if you manage to find any - this is an excellent apple.
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Apple tree register
The following Chivers Delight trees have been registered - click the name to view more details of each tree:
- 05 Aug 08 Rainer Kretz Dorset, United Kingdom
- 03 Aug 08 Richard Borrie YORK, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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