Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Jonagold is an excellent multipurpose variety producing large, juicy apples with a rich balance of sweetness and acidity and a honeyed flavour. It is suitable for fresh eating, juice and baking. The productive tree requires thinning to maintain fruit size and reduce biennial bearing. As a triploid and poor pollinator, it needs two compatible apple varieties nearby.

Jonagold

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Jonagold is a high quality American apple, with a good balanced sweet/sharp flavour.

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Dispatch generally takes place from late November to February, depending on the weather and the progress of lifting the trees.

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1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Apple rootstock options

Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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SKU: 4322 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

Jonagold is a popular American apple variety with an excellent rich aromatic flavor which appeals to European tastes – and is widely-grown in Europe.

Jonagold stores well, a quality it inherits from one of its parents, Golden Delicious. However it gets its excellent flavour from its other parent, the very well-respected old New York apple variety Jonathan. It has the combination of good sweetness and good sharpness that often denotes a high quality apple.

Jonagold is a very versatile apple. As well as being excellent for eating fresh, it is a popular for all kinds of culinary uses, and great for juice and cider. The apples can be picked over several weeks – pick earlier if you want to store them.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

American variety from Geneva, New York, crossed in 1943 and introduced in 1968.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Parentage

Golden Delicious × Jonathan

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Very vigorous, large tree, heavy production of large fruits, triploid

Disease behaviour

Scab

Moderately susceptible to susceptible

Powdery mildew

Moderately susceptible

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 4 - late.

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Additional variety information for Jonagold is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.