Applevariety
Jonagold
A sweet, juicy and rich dessert apple raised in 1943 and introduced in 1968.
Origin · New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, USA
Released 1968
Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- high
- Bite
- crisp
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Flavour
- Rich.
- Used for
- Dessert apple
How to spot it
- Skin
- Ripe skin colour orange, red, yellow
- Flesh
- yellow
- Shape
- round
- Size
- large
Harvest & storage
- Harvest
- kind
- harvest
- months
- 10
- region
- JP-02
- timing
- basis
- calendar
- country code
- JP
- source scope
- Aomori Prefecture
region: JP-02 · Aomori Prefecture
pref.aomori.lg.jp ↗Context & source
- /details/observations/1/value/region
- JP-02
- /details/observations/1/value/country code
- JP
- /details/observations/1/value/source scope
- Aomori Prefecture
Origin & family
Where Jonagold began
Recorded origin
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, USA
United States
- Released
- 1968
Jonagold’s family
19 varieties · 18 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
This variety
Jonagold
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, USA, United States
Photo: National Fruit Collection, Brogdale · UK Open Government Licence v2.0
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On the label
Produce label codes recorded for Jonagold
4144414541464147
Organic labels add a leading 9.
Field notes
Original source notes
- weight
- 350 g · Aomori Prefecture · Aomori Prefecturepref.aomori.lg.jp ↗
- size
- large · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- shape
- round · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- flesh colour
- yellow · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- sweetness
- high · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- texture
- crisp · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- flavour notes
- Rich. · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- season timing
- early · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- skin colour ripe
- orange, red, yellow · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- texture
- juicy · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
Fruit & tree
- sports
- Crowngold Wilmuta Decosta New Jonagold Excel Jomured Jonagored Jonica Jorayca Jored Josegold King Jonagold Prince Jonagold D'H Red Jonaprince Rubinstar Veekmans-Jonaster
- parentage
- Golden Delicious x Jonathan
Harvest calendar · Aomori Prefecture
- kind
- harvest
- months
- 10
- region
- JP-02
- timing
- basis
- calendar
- country code
- JP
- source scope
- Aomori Prefecture
Other apple varieties
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.