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Apple varieties, United States

Idajon

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

Raised by Leif Verner at Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station, Moscow, Idaho, USA. It was introduced in 1949. Fruits have fine, crisp, creamy white flesh with a sweet flavour.

Family tree

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

Idajon United States, by 1949
- Seed parent Wagener United States, 1791
- Pollen parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
  - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
    - Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540

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

Sources

Idajon (accession 1951 - 046), 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 (late october).