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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. 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 |
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