Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Chantecler is an excellent French apple for growers seeking sweetness, aroma and versatility. The flesh is crisp and juicy at harvest, becoming softer and more aromatic after several weeks in storage. It is also particularly good for cooking. Ripening is late, so the fruit needs sufficient autumn warmth and should not be picked too early.

Chantecler

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Chantecler is a very attractive late season apple that keeps well.

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Dispatch generally takes place from late November to February, depending on the weather and the progress of lifting the trees.

Choose your tree form

1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Apple rootstock options

Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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SKU: 12908 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

Chantecler is a very attractive French apple, with a golden yellow skin and often a light orange flush.

The flesh has a fine light texture, and is quite soft. The flavour is mild, basically sweet, but with some acidity.

The apples are quite large, and ripen late in the season. They keep well.

Chantecler is grown commercially in France and is often available in supermarkets.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

French INRA variety bred at Angers, listed in the official catalogue in 1977.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Use

Cooking, Fresh eating

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Parentage

Golden Delicious × Reinette Clochard

Synonyms

Belchard, Chanteclerc

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Strong vigour, moderately quick to bear, good to very good production, low tendency to biennial bearing

Disease behaviour

Scab

Moderately susceptible

Powdery mildew

Moderately susceptible

Canker

Susceptible

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 4 - late.

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