Werribee Park Heritage Orchard
Jonagold
Jonagold
Jonagold
Price range: $5.00 through $35.00
Description
- Origin: Golden Delicious × Jonathan, 1943, released 1968, Geneva, New York, USA
- Tree: Vigorous, more suitable for cool climate. Espalier. Spur bearer
- Vigour: V2 DISEASE AND PEST
- Control: Susceptible to scab, mildew and fire blight. FLOWERING
- Group: 3 CHILLING
- Requirement: High BLOSSOM AND
- Pollination: Mid-season. Granny Smith, Delicious. Triploid variety, so will not reciprocate with pollen for pollinator variety. Red strains flower at the same time but will not cross-pollinate each other. FRUIT
- Shape: Large tall conical SKIN AND
- Flesh: Attractive bright red striped, waxy, but colour in the middle of the tree can be pale; needs good light penetration for good colour. Late summer pruning can help colour. Creamy, well-flavoured flesh; very fine taste, rough texture, crisp and juicy
- Harvest: 1–2 weeks after Delicious. Heavy cropping, single fruiting; does not normally need thinning
- Storage: Good; shelf life may not be long if left too long to colour. Some bitter pit; can be calcium-deficient
- Uses: Cooking. EATING
Additional information
| Product Type | Scion, Tree |
|---|---|
| Origin | USA |
| Product Year | 1953 |
| Harvest | M |
| Uses | Cooking, Eating |
| Vigour | V2 |
| Flowering Group | 3 |
| Tip or Spur | Spur |
| Description | 1943, but colour in the middle of the tree can be pale; needs good light penetration for good colour. Late summer pruning can help colour. Creamy, crisp and juicy HARVEST: 1–2 weeks after Delicious. Heavy cropping, Delicious. Triploid variety, Geneva, mildew and fire blight. FLOWERING GROUP: 3 CHILLING REQUIREMENT: High BLOSSOM AND POLLINATION: Mid-season. Granny Smith, more suitable for cool climate. Espalier. Spur bearer VIGOUR: V2 DISEASE AND PEST CONTROL: Susceptible to scab, New York, ORIGIN: Golden Delicious × Jonathan, released 1968, rough texture, single fruiting; does not normally need thinning STORAGE: Good; shelf life may not be long if left too long to colour. Some bitter pit; can be calcium-deficient USES: Cooking. EATING, USA TREE: Vigorous, waxy, well-flavoured flesh; very fine taste |