Jonagold apple trees

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• 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.

Jonagold organic apple trees for sale

Next deliveries: December 2024 - February 2025

• 11 yeartree on M9 rootstock23.25€
  Small tree (1.5m-2.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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• 21 yeartree on M116 rootstock23.95€
  Medium tree (2m-3.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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• 31 yeartree on MM111 rootstock23.25€
  Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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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

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