Jonadel
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Origin and History
Jonadel is a hybrid variety resulting from a cross between Jonathan and Delicious (Jonathan × Delicious). It was received by the USDA Agricultural Research Service from the Agricultural Experiment Station at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, and has been maintained and evaluated at multiple institutions across the United States, including Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Blacksburg, Virginia), Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon), the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri), and Cornell University's Department of Pomology (Geneva, New York). The variety was also obtained from R. M. Gilmer at Geneva, New York, in 1959, and has been propagated by commercial sources including Interstate Nursery (Hamburg, Iowa), Mt. Arbor Nursery (Shenandoah, Iowa), and Council Bluff Experimental Fruit Farm (Iowa), as well as experimental stations in Missouri.
Fruit
Size and Form: Jonadel produces fruit that is larger than Jonathan.
Skin: The skin exhibits red coloration equal to that of Jonathan.
Flavor and Quality: The flesh has dessert quality rated as excellent. The acidity is greater than that of Delicious.
Other Characteristics: The variety tends to drop from the tree unless treated with naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA).
Tree
Growth and Bearing Habit: Jonadel is an early and annual bearer.
Disease Resistance: The tree exhibits greater resistance to fire blight than Jonathan.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes or Variants
Not described in source.
Other
As of 1963, Jonadel has been reported by the following institutions: Agricultural Experiment Station, Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa); Agricultural Experiment Station, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Blacksburg, Virginia); Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon); Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri); Department of Pomology, Cornell University (Geneva, New York); Agricultural Experiment Station, Kansas State University (Manhattan, Kansas); Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University (Lafayette, Indiana); Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota (St. Paul Campus, St. Paul, Minnesota); Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station (Prosser, Washington); and Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois). Additional designation numbers include N5822 and AP-H-189.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)Jonadel was received from AES, Ames, Iowa, and is reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; the Agricultural Experiment Station, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia; the Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon; and the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. It was also received from R. M. Gilmer, Geneva, N.Y., 1959, and is reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York. Additional sources include Interstate Nurs., Hamburg, Iowa; Mt. Arbor Nurs., Shenandoah, Iowa; Council Bluff Exp. Fruit Farm, Iowa; St. Exp. Sta.; Fruit Exp. Sta., Mt. Grove, Mo.; and Fruit Exp. Sta., Mt. Grove, Mo. Parentage: Jonathan X Delicious. Fruit large than Jonathan, more acid than Del., equal in red skin color to Jonathan, dessert quality excellent. Tends to drop from tree unless treated with NAA. Tree more resistant to fire blight than Jonathan. Early, annual bearer. Reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas; the Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana; the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; N5822; the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, St. Paul, Minnesota; the Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey; AP-H-189; the Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington; and the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.