Jonagold
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| Hybrid parentage | 'Golden Delicious' × 'Jonathan' |
| Cultivar | 'Jonagold' |
| Origin |  New York, USA, 1953 |
Jonagold is a cultivar of apple, a cross between the crisp Golden Delicious and the blush-crimson Jonathan which was developed in 1953 in New York. They form a large sweet fruit with a thin skin. Because of their large size they are now favoured by commercial growers in many parts of the world. Jonagold is triploid, with sterile pollen, and as such, requires a second type of apple for pollen and is incapable of pollenizing other cultivars. The Jonagored Apple, a sport mutation of Jonagold, was once covered under United States Patent PP05937, now expired.
Jonagold has a green-yellow basic color with crimson, brindled covering colour.
The apple has a fluffily crisp fruit. It is juicy and aromatic and has a sweet-sour taste.
The skin can also turn out fully red or green other than Golden-Red.
It is also the variety of apple that is used in Cidre (a brand of cider by lager manufacturer, Stella Artois).http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/stella-cidre-running-out-of-apples-as-sales-soar/219063.article
It is most popular in Belgium.[1]
Disease susceptibility[edit]
- Scab: high[2]
- Powdery mildew: low
- Cedar apple rust: high
- Fire blight: high
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