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Windsor Chief is a Wisconsin apple described in N.E. Hansen's A Study of Northwestern Apples as a winter seedling with useful prairie traits. The tree is very productive, bears early, and is called one of the hardiest Wisconsin winter seedlings. Its fruit hangs well in high winds, which suits exposed northern orchards. [S1]
The fruit is medium sized, oblate, slightly conical, and somewhat angular. The skin is smooth and light greenish yellow, mostly covered with mixed and marbled dull red, with indistinct splashes and occasional crimson stripes. The surface has many large gray dots. Some dots join together, and some are surrounded by russet. The cavity is wide, regular, and russeted, sometimes rather shallow. The stem is medium to long and slender. [S1]
The flesh is whitish yellow, firm, and fine grained. Hansen describes the flavor as somewhat spicy, pleasantly subacid, and very good. The core is small and closed, with small elongated light brown seeds. The season is December to spring, making it a long keeping winter apple rather than an early fresh fruit. [S1]
The available source gives no direct parentage, breeder, release date, or nursery introduction. It places the origin in Wisconsin and ties Windsor Chief to the Wisconsin winter seedlings, but does not identify the seed parent, pollen parent, or selector. [S1]
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This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
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“Cavity wide, obtuse, regular, russeted, sometimes rather shallow; stem medium to long, slender; basin abrupt and rather narrow.”
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“Windsor Chief includes a whitish-yellow flesh description and small seeds.”
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“Dots many, large, gray, coalescent, some surrounded with russet.”
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“One of the hardiest of the Wisconsin winter seedlings.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 14 | A Study of Northwestern Apples | unknown | 13 | 0 | 0 | p116 p117 p143 | Windsor Chief includes a whitish-yellow flesh description and small seeds.; Noted as very productive and hanging well to tree in high winds.; Good quality through December to spring.; Flesh noted as white, somewhat spicy |
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| 14 | p143 | description_snippet | Windsor Chief includes a whitish-yellow flesh description and small seeds. | Season midwinter to spring; Flesh whitish yellow; seeds small ... Windsor Chief | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p117 | productivity | Noted as very productive and hanging well to tree in high winds. | Windsor Chief ... Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conical and angular ... [from prior page] ... smooth; calyx closed, segments small, connivent. Core small, closed, clasping; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds smal | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p117 | keeping_quality | Good quality through December to spring. | Windsor Chief ... Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conical and angular ... [from prior page] ... smooth; calyx closed, segments small, connivent. Core small, closed, clasping; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds smal | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p117 | flavor_profile | Flesh noted as white, somewhat spicy, pleasant subacid, and of very good quality. | Windsor Chief ... Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conical and angular ... [from prior page] ... smooth; calyx closed, segments small, connivent. Core small, closed, clasping; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds smal | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p117 | fruit_size | Fruit described as medium, oblate to slightly conical/angular form. | Windsor Chief ... Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conical and angular ... [from prior page] ... smooth; calyx closed, segments small, connivent. Core small, closed, clasping; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds smal | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p117 | entry_hardiness_observation | Described as one of the hardiest of Wisconsin winter seedlings. | Windsor Chief ... Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conical and angular ... [from prior page] ... smooth; calyx closed, segments small, connivent. Core small, closed, clasping; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds smal | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p117 | entry_location | Origin noted as Wisconsin. | Windsor Chief ... Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conical and angular ... [from prior page] ... smooth; calyx closed, segments small, connivent. Core small, closed, clasping; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds smal | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p116 | storage_duration | Listed contextually as a winter-type cultivar area context, though the specific holding interval is not fully explicit on this page. | Windsor Chief. Origin: Wisconsin. Tree very productive and an early bearer. One of the hardiest of the Wisconsin winter seedlings. Fruit hangs well to the tree in high winds. Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conical and an | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p116 | fruit_color | Skin is light greenish yellow, mostly marbled with dull red and occasionally crimson striping, with many large gray coalescent dots and some russeting. | Windsor Chief. Origin: Wisconsin. Tree very productive and an early bearer. One of the hardiest of the Wisconsin winter seedlings. Fruit hangs well to the tree in high winds. Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conical and an | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p116 | fruit_size | Fruit is medium, oblate, slightly conical, and angular. | Windsor Chief. Origin: Wisconsin. Tree very productive and an early bearer. One of the hardiest of the Wisconsin winter seedlings. Fruit hangs well to the tree in high winds. Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conical and an | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p116 | entry_hardiness_observation | Notes describe it as one of the hardiest Wisconsin winter seedlings; fruit hangs well in high winds. | Windsor Chief. Origin: Wisconsin. Tree very productive and an early bearer. One of the hardiest of the Wisconsin winter seedlings. Fruit hangs well to the tree in high winds. Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conical and an | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p116 | productivity | Tree is described as very productive and an early bearer. | Windsor Chief. Origin: Wisconsin. Tree very productive and an early bearer. One of the hardiest of the Wisconsin winter seedlings. Fruit hangs well to the tree in high winds. Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conical and an | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p116 | selection_origin_reference | Origin is stated as Wisconsin. | Windsor Chief. Origin: Wisconsin. Tree very productive and an early bearer. One of the hardiest of the Wisconsin winter seedlings. Fruit hangs well to the tree in high winds. Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conical and an | page_block:0.90 |
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| description_snippet | Windsor Chief includes a whitish-yellow flesh description and small seeds. | 0.95 |
| productivity | Noted as very productive and hanging well to tree in high winds. | 0.66 |
| keeping_quality | Good quality through December to spring. | 0.84 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh noted as white, somewhat spicy, pleasant subacid, and of very good quality. | 0.82 |
| fruit_size | Fruit described as medium, oblate to slightly conical/angular form. | 0.75 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Described as one of the hardiest of Wisconsin winter seedlings. | 0.70 |
| entry_location | Origin noted as Wisconsin. | 0.74 |
| storage_duration | Listed contextually as a winter-type cultivar area context, though the specific holding interval is not fully explicit on this page. | 0.64 |
| fruit_color | Skin is light greenish yellow, mostly marbled with dull red and occasionally crimson striping, with many large gray coalescent dots and some russeting. | 0.86 |
| fruit_size | Fruit is medium, oblate, slightly conical, and angular. | 0.92 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Notes describe it as one of the hardiest Wisconsin winter seedlings; fruit hangs well in high winds. | 0.97 |
| productivity | Tree is described as very productive and an early bearer. | 0.95 |
| selection_origin_reference | Origin is stated as Wisconsin. | 0.95 |
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