Apple varieties, United States
Chieftain
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1917 by S.A. Beach at Iowa Experimental Station, Ames, U.S.A and introduced in 1967. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Chieftain United States, 1917
- Seed parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
- Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
- Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540
- Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
- Pollen parent Delicious United States, 1872
- Parent Winesap United States, by 1817
- Seed parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
Sources
- Chieftain (accession 1974 - 053), 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 october).
- Ploidy level (descriptor 115159), study MALUS.PLOIDYDETERMINATION.2008, USDA Agricultural Research Service, GRIN-Global, 2008. Supports: its ploidy, diploid, measured by flow cytometry on accession PI 589854 of the USDA apple collection at Geneva, New York.
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