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Jonagold
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Triploid.Raised in 1943 at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, USA. It was introduced in 1968. Fruits have creamy white, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and good rich flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Golden Delicious x Jonathan
- Sports:
- Crowngold
- Wilmuta
- Decosta
- New Jonagold
- Excel
- Jomured
- Jonagored
- Jonica
- Jorayca
- Jored
- Josegold
- King Jonagold
- Prince Jonagold D'H
- Red Jonaprince
- Rubinstar
- Veekmans-Jonaster
Accession No.
2000 - 113
- Accession name
- Jonagold (EMLA)
Accession No.
1982 - 291
- Accession name
- Jonagold (LA 78A)
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Globose 1
- Height
- 70.17 mm 1
- Width
- 78.18 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Juiciness
- juicy-very juicy 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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