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New Jonagold
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A red fruited clone of Jonagold, ripening earlier than Jonagold. Discovered by M. Saito, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Fruits have fine-textured, juicy, sweet flesh with a good rich flavour.
- Availability
- Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
- Parentage:
- Sport of Jonagold
Accession No.
1983 - 081
- Accession name
- New Jonagold (LA 17)
Accession No.
1983 - 082
- Accession name
- New Jonagold (LA 21)
- Flowering time ›››
- 25th April10% flowering
28th AprilFull (80%) flowering
8th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Globose 1
- Height
- 60.50 mm 1
- Width
- 71.63 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Juiciness
- juicy-very juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019