Jonafree

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1979

Origin

Urbana, Illinois, United States

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 12.2 °Bx

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

Jonafree is a vigorous dessert apple with yellow, fine-grained flesh that is crisp and juicy. Selected in 1972 and introduced in 1979 from Urbana, Illinois, it results from a complex deliberate cross of (14-644 × Jonathan) × (Gallia Beauty × Red Spy) and is ready to pick from early September through October.

Flavor & Texture

crispjuicyfine_grained

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Jonathan Gallia Beauty Red Spy Complex - see description x Complex - see description

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

Disease Resistance

Apple scab: resistant
Fire blight: highly resistant
Powdery mildew: resistant
Cedar-apple rust: moderately susceptible
Leaf spot: susceptible

Cornell Apple Variety Database.

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589962
UK National Fruit Collection: 3064
Wikidata: Q3183247