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Apple varieties, United States

Jonafree

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

Complex parentage which includes Crandall’s Rome X M. floribunda, Jonathan, Gallia Beauty, Red Spy and Golden Delicious. Raised in 1965 by Rutgers, Purdue and Illinois universities, USA. Introduced in 1979. Fruits are crisp and juicy. Scab resistant.

Family tree

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

Jonafree United States, 1965
- Seed parent Complex - see description
- Pollen parent Complex - see description

Sources

Jonafree (accession 1994 - 052), 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).