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Apple varieties, United States

Jonalicious

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

A chance seedling discovered in 1933 by Anna Morris Daniels in Abilene, Texas, USA. It was introduced in 1960 by Stark Bros. Nurseries, Louisiana, Missouri. Fruits have firm, crisp, juicy flesh with a subacid and aromatic flavour.

Family tree

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

Jonalicious United States, 1933
- Seed parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
  - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
    - Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540
- Pollen parent Delicious United States, 1872
  - Parent Winesap United States, by 1817

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

Sources

Jonalicious (accession 1974 - 013), 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 (mid october).