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Jonafree

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Complex parentage which includes Crandall's Rome X M. floribunda, Jonathan, Gallia Beauty, Red Spy and Golden Delicious. Raised in 1965 by Rutgers, Purdue and Illinois universities, USA. Introduced in 1979. Fruits are crisp and juicy. Scab resistant.

Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
30th April (10%) · 2nd May (full) · 11th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak-medium
Shape
Globose
Crunch
crisp
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
soft
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
medium-high
Over colour pattern
washed out/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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