Malus Jonagold
Apple Tree
Common Name: Apple Jonagold (Dessert)Latin Name: Malus domestica 'Jonagold'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: April to May/WhiteFruit picking time: Mid OctoberFruit size/colour: Large-very large/Greenish-yellow, lightly flushed and mottled with red.Pollination group: *3* - TriploidJonagold is an American apple, developed in the 1940s. As its name suggests, this is a cross between a Jonathan and a Golden Delicious. It is quite widely grown, and unusually for a Golden Delicious cross, is not limited to warmer regions of the UK. The colouring is yellow of Golden Delicious, with large flushes of red. This is a crisp apple to bite into, with gleaming white flesh. The flavour is sweet but with a lot of acidity.To guarantee cross pollination plant in a sunny, open site with another tree from the same flowering group (e.g. 'James Grieve').