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Jonared
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A more highly coloured sport of Jonathan. It was discovered in 1930 by William Uecher at Peshastin, Washington,USA and introduced in 1934. Fruits have soft, fine-textured, fairly juicy flesh with a sweet and faintly pleasant flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Sport of Jonathan
Accession No.
1957 - 004
- Accession name
- Jonared
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Ribbing
- absent 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- very high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- solid flush 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Coarseness
- fine 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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