Variety sheet
Jonathan
Fruit Jonathan
Origin
Seedling of Esopus Spitzenburg
Synonyms
King Philipp, New Esocus Spitzenburg, Ulster Seedling
Agronomic Profile
Flowering: late, diploid 
Vigour: medium 
Susceptibility: n. a. 
Productivity: Productivity medium, neigt nicht zu Alternanz, no preharvest fruit drop 
Harvest time: 4-2 Week before Golden Delicious 
Fruit
Size and shape: medium, globular-conoid, rectangular 
Ground and overcolour: Ground colour yellow-green; Overcolour dark red, washed out; high (75%) 
Susceptibility to russeting: low rustiness in the calyx/eye basin and/or in the stalk cavity(<5%) 
Firmness of the pulp: 7,7-7,8 kg/cm ²at harvest 
Tendency to browning of pulp: n. a. 
Sugar content: 13,1-14,2 °Brix at harvest 
Acid content: 7,6-9,0 g/L MA at harvest 
Total content of Polyphenols1: n. a. 
TAC1: n. a. 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C1: n. a. 
Pectin1: n. a. 
Flavour: n. a. 
Storage: n. a. 
Characteristics: n. a. 
Juice production
Yield: n. a.  
Stability of the colour: n. a. 
Sugar content: n. a. 
Acid content: n. a. 
pH: n. a. 
Total content of Polyphenols: n. a. 
TAC: n. a. 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C: n. a. 

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1 after two months of normal cool storage
2 only for red fleshed varieties