Jersey Black
syn. Black American, Black Apple, Black Apple of America, Black Jersey, Dodge's Black, Small Black
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to have originated in New Jersey, USA. It was recorded in 1817. Fruits have crisp, rather coarse flesh with a sweet, subacid, aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late October
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid to slightly sweet, aromatic
- Ribbing
- prominent ribs at eye, ribbed on body
- Fruit size
- large
- Fruit shape
- flat, truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 72-81 mm
- Over colour
- nearly covered dark brownish red flush
- Russet type
- light dots
- Flesh colour
- yellowish white, often tinged red
- Fruit height
- 55-68 mm
- Flesh texture
- crisp, rather coarse
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium-strong
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 82.23 mm
- Crunch
- crumbly
- Height
- 73.45 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- strong
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium-high
- Over colour pattern
- mottled/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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