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Jefferis
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in about 1830 with Isaac Jefferies, Newlintownship, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA and named by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a subacid to slightly sweet flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Everbearing, Grantham, Jefferies, Jeffries, Jeffris
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 52.50mm 2
- Width
- 68.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- very weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked/mottled 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Strong 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1952 - 113
- Accession name
- Jefferis
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
9th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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