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Apple varieties, United States

Jerseymac

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

Raised in 1956 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. Introduced in 1972. Fruits have tender, juicy flesh with an aromatic flavour similar to McIntosh.

Family tree

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

Jerseymac United States, 1956
- Seed parent N.J.24
- Pollen parent Julyred United States
  - Seed parent Petrel
  - Pollen parent Early McIntosh United States, 1909
    - Seed parent White Transparent Russia, by 1852
    - Pollen parent McIntosh Canada, 1811

Where Jerseymac came from.

Sources

Jerseymac (accession 1971 - 015), 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 september).