Kapai Red Jonathan

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

A more highly coloured sport of Jonathan. Discovered in 1929 by A. Tomlinson in Frimley, Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Synonyms:
Kapai Jonathan

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Sport of Jonathan

Accession No.
1979 - 165   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Kapai Red Jonathan (LA 69A)

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Height
60.83 mm 1

Width
68.45 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Juiciness
juicy 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1


References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register