Fruit Varieties and Horticultural Digest (J Fruit Var & Hort Digest)
Volume 15 Number 3 Article 4 Pages: 46-46
Year 1961 Month 3
Title: Sports of Jonathan in Virginia
Author: G.D. Oberle Citation
Abstract:
We have tested about a half dozen
red sports of Jonathan in our variety
orchard.
But we seldom have difficulty
in obtaining satisfactory fruit color
on even the standard strains of Jonathan
under our conditions.
Our elevation
of approximately 2200 feet
above sea level permits satisfactory
fruit color development except in seasons
that are exceptionally warm (as
was the case in 1959), or under conditions
of heavy nitrogen applications
to the trees.
We believe that the Jon-a-red sport of Jonathan is at least as
good as any other sport of Jonathan
that we have tested.
In some years the
color on Jon-a-red is superior to the
fruit color of other strains.
Blackjon
also has been a satisfactory performer
under eastern conditions.—G. D.
Oberle, Va.
Poly tech.
Inst., Blacks-burg, Va.
