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Malus 'Jonagold'
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Hybrid parentage 'Golden Delicious' × 'Jonathan'
Cultivar 'Jonagold'
Origin Geneva, New York, USA, 1953

Jonagoldis a cultivar of apple which was developed in 1953 in New York State Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, a cross between the crisp Golden Delicious and the blush-crimson Jonathan.

They form a large sweet fruit with a thin skin. Because of their large size they are now favoured by commercial growers in many parts of the world. Jonagold is triploid, with sterile pollen, and as such, requires a second type of apple for pollen and is incapable of pollenizing other cultivars.

Jonagold has a green-yellow basic color with crimson, brindled covering colour. The apple has a fluffily crisp fruit. It is juicy and aromatic and has a sweet-sour taste. The skin can also turn out fully red or green other than Golden-Red. It is most popular in Belgium, and according to the US Apple Association website it is one of the fifteen most popular apple cultivars in the United States.

Images for kids

  • Jonagold aufgeschnitten

    Sliced Jonagold

  • Jabuka jonagold - odozdola

    A Jonagold ripening on a tree

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Jonagold para niños

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