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Apple varieties, United States

Jonamac

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

Raised in 1944 by Roger D. Way, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. It was introduced in 1972. Fruits have white, semi firm flesh with a good flavour.

Family tree

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

Jonamac United States, 1944
- Seed parent McIntosh Canada, 1811
- Pollen parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
  - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
    - Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540

Sources

Jonamac (accession 1974 - 059), 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 september).