Applevariety
Blackjon
A dessert apple, yellow skin, white flesh. Picked in early-October. Introduced in 1931; selected around 1927. Sweet, juicy and crisp.
Origin · Tom Slack Orchard, Wenatchee, Washington, U.S.A.
Released 1931
Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- sweet
- Bite
- crisp
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Used for
- Dessert apple
Origin & family
Where Blackjon began
Recorded origin
Tom Slack Orchard, Wenatchee, Washington, U.S.A.
United States
- Released
- 1931
Blackjon’s family
3 varieties · 2 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
This variety
Blackjon
Tom Slack Orchard, Wenatchee, Washington, U.S.A., United States
Photo: National Fruit Collection, Brogdale · UK Open Government Licence v2.0
Jonathan → BlackjonParent · Recorded
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Field notes
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.