Joaneting
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to be of English origin. Known before 1600. Fruits have crisp, white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Synonyms:
Bracken, Carolina, Caroline, Early Jenneting, Early Jennetting, Early Juneating, Early Juneeatin Owen's Golden Beauty, Owen's Summer Beauty, Primiting, Virginia May, White Jeneting, White Joaneting, White Joanetting, White Joanneting, White June-eating, White Juneating, Yellow June, Yellow May, Yellow May Pippin
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Joaneting
Flowering time
24th April 10% flowering
1st May Full (80%) flowering
7th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early August 1
Size
small 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Flat globose 1
Height
40.94 mm 1
Width
50.90 mm 1
Ribbing
very weak 1
Crown
absent 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1
Over Colour
n/a 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
n/a 1
Russet
low 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Juiciness
dry-medium 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register