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apple 'Chivers Delight'

Malus domestica 'Chivers Delight' (D)

Pollinator FriendlyFragrant

Genus: Malus
Family: Rosaceae

About this plant

'Chivers Delight' is a late-season dessert apple with crisp, juicy flesh and a sweet, well-balanced flavour. It produces a good crop of red-flushed, yellow fruit on a tree of average vigour, ready to pick in mid-autumn and storing to mid-winter. It is self sterile; pollination group 4

Growing Information

Height

4-8 Metres

Spread

4-8 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

ChalkLoamSandy

AcidAlkalineNeutral

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Poorly DrainedWell Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast FacingSouth Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Prefers a deep, fertile, moist but well-drained, neutral soil in a sheltered, sunny position. Will not thrive on very acid soils, shallow chalk soils or with shade for more than half the day. Thin fruit in late spring or early summer to improve size and quality. See apple cultivation

Pruning

Prune according to chosen training method. See apple pruning

Propagation

Propagate by chip budding or grafting onto a clonal rootstock for fruit. The rootstock used will largely determine the vigour of the tree. Fruit grown from pips will not resemble the parent

Pests

May be affected by aphids, including woolly aphid and rosy apple aphid, fruit tree red spider mite, codling moth and other caterpillars

Diseases

Average resistance to apple scab and powdery mildews, susceptible to apple canker. Apples are also susceptible to brown rot, honey fungus and blossom wilt

Garden Uses

Uses

Ground CoverCottage InformalPatio Container

Planting Places

Wall TrainedConservatory

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumn

Size & Characteristics

Height

4-8 Metres

Spread

4-8 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Twenty To Fifty Years