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Apple varieties, United States

Jonared

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

A more highly coloured sport of Jonathan. It was discovered in 1930 by William Uecher at Peshastin, Washington,USA and introduced in 1934. Fruits have soft, fine-textured, fairly juicy flesh with a sweet and faintly pleasant flavour.

Family tree

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

Jonared United States, 1930
- Sport of Jonathan United States, by 1826
  - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
    - Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540

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

Sources

Jonared (accession 1957 - 004), 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).