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Jonagold apple trees

Malus domestica
Jonagold
Jonagold has received the RHS Award of Garden MeritJonagold is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 4

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.

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Growing and Training

Jonagold is a triploid apple variety and therefore needs two separate pollination partners nearby (or one self-fertile one). If you have apple trees in neighbouring gardens, they may be suitable.

Like most triploid apple varieties, Jonagold produces a fairly large tree and the apples are also fairly large. Cropping is generally good and there is no need to thin the fruit.

Jonagold is susceptible to a number of apple diseases, but its vigorous triploid nature seems to help it keep going.

Jonagold likes a warmer climate but can be grown across quite a wide climate range - including the cooler climates of northern Europe where it is grown commercially on a small scale.


History

Jonagold is a cross between two classic American apple varieties, Golden Delicious and Jonathan. It was developed by the famous Geneva research station in New York State in 1943.


Jonagold characteristics

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group4
  • Disease resistancePoor
  • Picking seasonLate
  • Season of use1-2 months
  • Food usesEating freshCulinaryJuiceHard cider
  • Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 4 (-34C)
  • Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
  • Chill requirementLow-chill - A borderline case - only needs about 700 hours
  • Country of originUnited States
  • Period of origin1900 - 1949
  • Fruit colourOrange flush

Similar varieties

  • See also Cox's Orange Pippin
    Cox's Orange Pippin
    Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.
  • See also GoldRush
    GoldRush
    A modern disease-resistant apple, like Golden Delicious but with a better tart/sweet balance. Good for eating fresh and juicing / cider.
  • See also Jonathan
    Jonathan
    Jonathan is one of the best-flavoured American apple varieties, and a good choice for the home orchard.
  • See also Reine de Reinettes
    Reine de Reinettes
    A traditional French dual-purpose apple, which was also known in the Victorian England as King of the Pippins.

This variety description was researched and written by Orange Pippin staff. Last checked: 2024.