Jersey Black

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Thought to have originated in New Jersey, USA. It was recorded in 1817. Fruits have crisp, rather coarse flesh with a sweet, subacid, aromatic flavour.

Synonyms:
Black American, Black Apple, Black Apple of America, Black Jersey, Dodge's Black, Small Black

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Father to:
Macoun

Accession No.
1952 - 130   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Jersey Black

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
large-very large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Height
73.45 mm 1

Width
82.23 mm 1

Ribbing
strong 1

Crown
medium-strong 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/solid flush 1

Russet
very low 1

Firmness
soft 1

Crunch
crumbly 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Flesh Colour
White 1


References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register