Jonagold apple trees

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• Picking season: Late
• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pollination group: 4

Jonagold is a high quality American apple, with a good balanced sweet/sharp flavor.

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Jonagold apple trees for sale

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• 1Semi-dwarf, 1-year bare-root tree $39.95

  Mature height: 8ft-12ft after 10 years
  G.890 rootstock
  

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  Mature height: 10ft-16ft after 10 years
  P.18 rootstock
  

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All about Jonagold apple trees

Jonagold is a widely-grown American apple variety with an excellent rich aromatic flavor. It is widely grown in the USA and Europe.

Jonagold stores well, a quality it inherits from one of its parents, Golden Delicious. However it gets its excellent flavor from its other parent, the well-respected old New York apple variety Jonathan. It has a 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 good for juice and cider. The apples can be picked over several weeks - pick earlier if you want to store them.

How to grow

The main horticultural issue is that Jonagold is a triploid apple variety and therefore needs two separate pollination partners nearby (or one self-fertile one). If you have apple trees nearby or in neighboring gardens, they may be suitable. Golden Delicious is a reliable pollinator of many varieties but Jonagold is an exception and cannot be pollinated by Golden Delicious. 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.

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History

Jonagold is a cross between two classic American apple varieties, Golden Delicious and Jonathan. Developed by the famous Geneva research station in New York State in 1943.

Jonagold characteristics

• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Pollination group4
• Pollinating othersPoor
• Picking seasonLate
• UsesEating freshCulinaryJuiceHard cider
• Keeping (of fruit)1-2 months
• General resistancePoor
• FireblightSome susceptibility
• CankerSome susceptibility
• ScabSome susceptibility
• Cedar apple rustSome susceptibility
• Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 4 (-34C)
• Summer 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 colorOrange flush