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Jonafree
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Complex parentage which includes Crandall's Rome X M. floribunda, Jonathan, Gallia Beauty, Red Spy and Golden Delicious. Raised in 1965 by Rutgers, Purdue and Illinois universities, USA. Introduced in 1979. Fruits are crisp and juicy. Scab resistant.
- Availability
- Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
- Parentage:
- Complex - see description x Complex - see description
Accession No.
1994 - 052
- Accession name
- Jonafree
- Flowering time ›››
- 30th April10% flowering
2nd MayFull (80%) flowering
11th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak-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
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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