Early Joe

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1843

Origin

East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, United States

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 12.0 °Bx

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

Early Joe is a medium to small red-striped dessert apple with excellent flavor for eating fresh, ripening in August and early September. The tree is slow-growing and small to medium in size, coming into bearing relatively young and cropping reliably in alternate years. Though once widely disseminated and listed by nurserymen, it is not extensively cultivated and is recommended only for home orchards due to the high percentage of unmarketable fruit in the crop.

Flavor & Texture

vinoustenderjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eating

3 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.

Lineage

Parents

Northern Spy Melon

Origin & History

Status: heritage
Origin type: deliberate cross
Original breeder: Heman Chapin

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References

USDA-NPGS: PI 613816
UK National Fruit Collection: 1753