Royal Jubilee

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary

Introduced

1893

Origin

Hounslow, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 12.5 °Bx

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

A culinary apple of medium size with pale lemon-yellow skin and firm, yellow, sub-acid flesh that cooks well. Raised by John Graham of Hounslow and introduced by G. Bunyard & Co. in 1893, it is valued for its late flowering and regular, extremely fertile cropping habits.

Flavor & Texture

subacidfirmcrispjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eating

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

Lineage

Parents

Mcintosh Grimes Golden Manks Codlin

Origin & History

Status: commercial
Origin type: deliberate cross
Original breeder: John Graham
First introduced: 1893 · G. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone

firmsub-acidcrisp

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 123966
UK National Fruit Collection: 5512
Wikidata: Q41781179