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Jerseymac
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1956 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. Introduced in 1972. Fruits have tender, juicy flesh with an aromatic flavour similar to McIntosh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- N.J.24 x Julyred
Accession No.
1971 - 015
- Accession name
- Jerseymac
- Flowering time ›››
- 23rd April10% flowering
26th AprilFull (80%) flowering
3rd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early September 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium-high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out/solid flush 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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