Name: The Apple 'Chivers' Delight' is our store’s newly launched 2023 product on Garden Plant Store
SKU: D2FPD 1699875198
Price: 18.89 USD
Availability: InStock

Apple ‘Chivers’ Delight’

Original price was: $26.99.Current price is: $18.89.

SKU: D2FPD 1699875198 Categories: Apples, Fruit Tag: WAITROSE

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Position: Full sun
Soil: Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil
Rate of growth: Average
Flowering period: April and May
Hardiness: Fully hardy

A late-season dessert apple with crisp, juicy flesh and a sweet, well-balanced flavour. This variety produces a good crop of red-flushed, yellow fruit, ready for picking in mid-autumn and storing until mid-winter. Resembling ‘Braeburn’ in taste and texture, ‘Chivers Delight’ boasts a golden, slightly waxy skin, allowing it to be stored well until January in a cool, dry place. Additionally, the tree showcases charming pinkish-white blossoms and vibrant green leaves in spring, making it an excellent choice for gardens across all regions.

Pollination information: This variety is self-sterile so will require a pollination partner from group 3 or 4 such as ‘Discovery’ or ‘Gala’ to produce fruit.

Garden care:

Keep the base of the tree weed free, fertilise at the beginning of each year and water regularly during hot, dry spells. The main prune should be done in the winter as long as it isn’t frosty or freezing. Take out the 3D’s (dead, dying and diseased wood) and create an open shape. Then reduce the leaders back by a third. Aim to create an airy structure without any crisscrossing branches. In August summer prune. Shorten any side shoots (or laterals) which are longer than 20cm back to three leaves. This will allow the sun to ripen the fruit and encourage more fruit buds. Make sure that the growth you’re cutting away feels firm to the touch.