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Apple varieties, United States

Chehalis

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Discovered in 1955 by Lloyd Lonborg of Oakville, Washington, U.S.A. near to the Chehalis river. Fruits are sweet and juicy with a melting flesh.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Chehalis United States, 1955
- Seed parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
  - Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804

Sources

Chehalis (accession 1974 - 051), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid september).