Joyce

Origin and History

Joyce was reported by multiple agricultural experiment stations in the United States during the mid-20th century, with origins traced to Canada. The Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Maine, Orono, Maine received Joyce from an unknown Canadian source in 1941. The Agricultural Experiment Station at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania received scions from the Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, New York (station number N39). The Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, St. Paul, Minnesota received Joyce from the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada (accession number N38142), where it is documented as a McIntosh open pollinated selection. The Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, at Geneva, New York received it from E. D. Smith & Sons, Ltd., Winona, Ontario, Canada in 1927. The Northern Great Plains Field Station, Mandan, North Dakota received it from the Horticultural Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Department of Pomology at Geneva, New York also received it from Greening Nursery Company, Monroe, Michigan.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium.

Surface and Color: Almost entirely splashed with red.

Flesh: Whitish, semi-firm, subacid, astringent, and of poor quality.

Season

Middle September.

Tree Characteristics

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Other

One source (Greening Nursery Company, Monroe, Michigan) reported Joyce as very productive, of good quality, and hardy. This assessment differs markedly from the description of poor quality flesh recorded by other stations, suggesting possible variation in growing conditions, handling, or clone identity among the distributed scions.