Jersey Black
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have originated in New Jersey, USA. It was recorded in 1817. Fruits have crisp, rather coarse flesh with a sweet, subacid, aromatic flavour.
Synonyms:
Black American, Black Apple, Black Apple of America, Black Jersey, Dodge's Black, Small Black
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Father to:
Macoun
Accession name
Jersey Black
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late October 1
Size
large-very large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Height
73.45 mm 1
Width
82.23 mm 1
Ribbing
strong 1
Crown
medium-strong 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/solid flush 1
Russet
very low 1
Firmness
soft 1
Crunch
crumbly 1
Coarseness
coarse 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register