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Apple varieties, United States

Blackjon

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

A coloured sport of Jonathan. Originally found in Tom Slack Orchard, Wenatchee, Washington, U.S.A. by C & O Nursery. It was selected in about 1927 and introduced in 1931. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Blackjon United States, about 1927
- Sport of Jonathan United States, by 1826
  - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
    - Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540

Where Blackjon came from. The lines lead to its parents: Jonathan (United States).

Sources

Blackjon (accession 1967 - 062), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october).