Jefferis
syn. Everbearing, Grantham, Jefferies, Jeffries, Jeffris
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in about 1830 with Isaac Jefferies, Newlintownship, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA and named by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a subacid to slightly sweet flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 4th May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 68.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 52.50 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- very weak
- Firmness
- firm
- Greasiness
- Strong
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- streaked/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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