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| Apple Freedom | Apple Jonagold | ||||
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| Summary | Good multi-use apple. Medium to large red fruit on almost invisible yellow skin. Crisp, juicy, sweet, good-tasting flesh. Subacid, sprightly flavor. | A very popular commercial variety, with a good flavour. Inherits many of the good qualities of its parents Jonathan and Golden Delicious. | |||
Identification | Freedom | Jonagold | |||
| Fruit colour | |||||
| Flesh colour | White | White to Cream, pale yellow | |||
| Fruit size | Medium | Very large | |||
| Fruit shape | Flat-round | Round | |||
Using | Freedom | Jonagold | |||
| Flavor | Good | Exceptional | |||
| Flavour style | Sharper | Sweet/Sharp | |||
| Ripening period | Mid season | Mid-Late season | |||
| Use/Keeping | 1-2 months | ||||
| Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Freedom | Jonagold | |||
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Good | Heavy | |||
| Vigour | Large | Large | |||
| Pollination | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile | |||
| Gardening skill | Average | ||||
| Problems | Canker - Some resistance Scab - Very resistant Mildew - Some resistance Fireblight - Some resistance Cedar apple rust - Some resistance | Canker - Some susceptibility Scab - Some susceptibility Fireblight - Some susceptibility Cedar apple rust - Some susceptibility | |||
Other | Freedom | Jonagold | |||
| Country of origin | United States | United States | |||
| Other qualities | Awards |