Joan

Origin and History

Joan is a cross of Anisim × Jonathan. The variety was received and evaluated at multiple United States Department of Agriculture and state agricultural experiment stations during the mid-twentieth century, including the Agricultural Experiment Station at Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa); the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); the Ashland Spooner Peninsular Station (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin); the Graham Horticultural Experiment Station (Grand Rapids, Michigan); the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology (Geneva, New York); the Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers (New Brunswick, New Jersey); the Agricultural Experiment Station (College Station, South Dakota); and the U.S. Horticultural Field Station (Cheyenne, Wyoming). The variety was also received from commercial nurseries including Bountiful Ridge Nurseries (Princess Anne, Maryland) and Inter-State Nurseries (Hamburg, Iowa). A specimen was received from John Robertson (Hot Springs, South Dakota) and assigned station number A33365.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and form: Large, round-conical.

Skin: Covered with attractive stripes. One report describes the fruit as a "large solid red apple."

Cavity, calyx, basin, stem: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Soft, white, subacid, of poor quality.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Ripens in late September.

Uses

Of fair dessert quality and good for culinary purposes.

Disease Susceptibility

Subject to fire-blight, as reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, South Dakota.

Other

Not described in source.