Jonagold
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thumb|Sliced Jonagold thumb|A Jonagold ripening on a tree Jonagold is a cultivar of apple that is a cross between the crisp Golden Delicious and the blush-crimson Jonathan; the name Jonagold is a portmanteau of these two variety names. It was developed in 1943 in New York State Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, selected as N.Y. 43013-1 in 1953, officially released in 1968 by Roger Way.
Key facts
- Cultivar.name
- Malus 'Jonagold'
- Cultivar.image
- Malus-Jonagold.jpg
- Cultivar.hybrid
- 'Golden Delicious' × 'Jonathan'
- Cultivar.cultivar
- 'Jonagold'
- Cultivar.origin
- Geneva, New York, 1943
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 200
- Image
- Flowers of Jonagold (LA 78A), National Fruit Collection (acc. 1982-291).jpg
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- catalog code
- 1982-291
- Commons category
- Jonagold
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- Jonagold
- described at URL
- sortoved.ru/yablonya/sort-yabloni-dzhonagold.html
- start time
- 1943-00-00
- total produced
- 562000
- time of discovery or invention
- 1953-00-00
- commercialization date
- 1968-00-00
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thumb|Sliced Jonagold thumb|A Jonagold ripening on a tree Jonagold is a cultivar of apple that is a cross between the crisp Golden Delicious and the blush-crimson Jonathan; the name Jonagold is a portmanteau of these two variety names. It was developed in 1943 in New York State Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, selected as N.Y. 43013-1 in 1953, officially released in 1968 by Roger Way.
They form a large sweet fruit with a thin skin that is green-yellow with streaks of crimson. The flesh is creamy yellow with a breaking texture and outstanding flavor. Because of their large size they are now favored by commercial growers in many parts of the world, and the apples can last two month in refrigerated storage and ten months in controlled atmosphere storage.