Joaneting
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to be of English origin. Known before 1600. Fruits have crisp, white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Synonyms:
Bracken, Carolina, Caroline, Early Jenneting, Early Jennetting, Early Juneating, Early Juneeatin Owen's Golden Beauty, Owen's Summer Beauty, Primiting, Virginia May, White Jeneting, White Joaneting, White Joanetting, White Joanneting, White June-eating, White Juneating, Yellow June, Yellow May, Yellow May Pippin
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Fruit Size
small b
Fruit Shape
intermediate to flat, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex b
Fruit Height
38-43 mm b
Fruit Width
45-50 mm b
Ribbing
not ribbed b
Ground Colour
yellow b
Over Colour
occasionally tinged orange b
Flesh Colour
white b
Flesh Texture
crisp b
Flavour
subacid b
Accession name
Joaneting
Flowering time
24th April 10% flowering
1st May Full (80%) flowering
7th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early August a
Size
small a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Flat globose a
Height
40.94 mm a
Width
50.90 mm a
Ribbing
very weak a
Crown
absent a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent a
Over Colour
n/a a
Over Colour (Pattern)
n/a a
Russet
low a
Crunch
crisp a
Juiciness
dry-medium a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register