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vigor (triploid), Jonagold can be grown on M27, especially on vigorous apple 

 soils, but fruits are slightly small in size. The cultivar was introduced 

 in 1968 by the N.Y. State Agr. Exp. Station in Geneva, and is a cross of 

 Golden Delicious and Jonathan. The fruit is golden-yellow in color with red 

 striping or a solid blush, under good sunlight conditions. Improved red 

 color clones have been reported from Japan and England. Jonagold is similar 

 to Jonathan in flavor, ripens with Golden Delicious, has a long storage 

 life, and has excellent processing quality. The cultivar should do well in 

 Pennsylvania, based on trials at Rock Springs. (Reprinted from Penn. State 

 Horticultural News, Vol. 3'4 , No. h.) 



POMOLOGICAL NOTE 



Apple Cultivars in West Germany 



Loren D. Tukey 

 Department of Horticulture 

 Pennsylvania State University 



Preference for certain apple cultivars in West Germany was shown in a 

 survey made by the Wonnegau Fruit Growing Society at a fruit exhibition in 

 Worms. The event was held to introduce newer apple cultivars and to promote 

 those baing grown in the Wonnegau area. Visitors were given a choice of 11 

 apple cultivars to purchase, and were encouraged to try one unknown to them. 

 Sales and comments were tabulated. Those in the well-known group were 

 Geheimrat Oldenburg, Red Boskoop, Cox Orange, Gold Parmane and Golden 

 Delicious. The newer cultivars consisted of Jonagold, Gloster, Mutsu, 

 Idared, Melrose and Granny Smith. Jonagold was the most popular, accounting 

 for 25% of sales, and tasters asked where they could be purchased. Next in 

 sales was Cox's Orange (15^), followed by Idared (12)^ and Melrose (10^). 

 In terms of price, sales were affected only slightly. Red apples were pre- 

 ferred to green/yellow ones. The lack of general appeal for Granny Smith 

 (3^) was attributed to the age of the buyer. Based on the survey, this 

 cultivar is "of the young people", roughly 25 years old and under, and was 

 liked especially by girls and young ladies, according to G. Steinborn, State 

 Teaching and Research Institute at Oppenheim. (Reprinted from Penn. State 

 Horticultural News, Vol. 3^, No. '♦.) 



