Jonagold

An attractive red flushed dessert apple. Crisp and juicy with a rich, honeyed flavour.

Origin: USA, 1943

Pollination: Jonagold is a self-sterile triploid and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Jonagold

Jonagold was raised in 1943 at the New York State Agricultural Experimental Station, Geneva, New York, USA from a Golden Delicious X Jonathan. Introduced in 1968. Received RHS Award of Merit in 1987. A very successful commercial variety now grown all over Northern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Japan. Also grown to a small extent in England.

A medium/large apple. Round shape with a trace of ribbing and slightly five-crowned. One-third to one-half flushed orange red with short, broad, broken stripes and many russet dots on bright yellow backgoround skin colour. Nearly yellow flesh, fine-textured, juicy and sweet with a good rich flavour. A vigorous triploid tree. Very heavy cropper. Prone to canker. Can fail to colour well in a poor English summer. More highly coloured sports such as Jonagored are available.

Characteristics of Jonagold apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Mid Oct
Season of use	Nov-Jan
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Heavy
Special features	Good for Cider
Pollination date	13
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile triploid
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Golden Delicious Jonathan
Sports	Jonagored