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Goldjon
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Professor Carlone, Turin University, Italy. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Golden Delicious x Jonathan
Accession No.
1972 - 039
- Accession name
- Goldjon
- Flowering time ›››
- 10th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Oblong conical 1
- Height
- 68.62 mm 1
- Width
- 70.14 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- very weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium-high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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