Jonathan
Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Historic, bright red US apple with a spicy, winey flavour.
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5🇺🇸 USA 1826Dessert
Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildtartcrispjuicyspicysweetaromatic
Susceptibility & resistance
ScabPowdery mildew
Profile
- Parentage
- vermutl. Sämling von Esopus Spitzenburg
- Breeder
- Philip Rick / entdeckt bei Woodstock (New York)
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 150 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Mild, sweet fruit with low acidity. Below-average flavour (rated 3+ where 1 is best).
Growth
Tree of medium vigour, heavy bearing.
Yield
Heavy cropper.
Notes
Popular dessert apple in the 1960s and the most-planted home-garden variety then. Not for orchards, only conditionally suited to gardens.
Care
Picking over the tree several times is advisable.
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