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Magnum Bonum
type: Cider, Eating, Juice
synonyms: Bona, Bonum, Maggie Bowman, Magna Bonum, Red Bonum. Ocassionally, the name Magnum Bonum is used to refer to the Roundway Magnum Bonum which is actually another cultivar entirely, originating in the UK in the mid-1800s.
identification: Small to medium-sized, round and flattish. Yellow base skin colour covered with orange, red and dark red blushes and a profusion of dots which may be light in colour or russetted.
characteristics: White flesh, sometimes stained pink next to the skin, tender and fine textured, sweet tart and quite juicy, somewhat reminiscent of a McIntosh. The apples store well if picked just slightly under-ripe.
uses: This is primarily a fresh eating apple, though it is occasionally used for juice and cider.
origins: Grown in 1828 by John Kinney (or Kinny) of Davidson County in North Carolina from a seedling of Hall . Introduced in 1856 and grown extensively in the southern United States for a number of years, but fell out of favour with the emergence of more commercial varieties, largely because of their smallish size.
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading. Grows well in soils with high calcium content. Crops well. Does well in climates where summers are hot.
cold storage: Keeps a month or less.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to cedar rust but resistant to most other diseases.
harvest: Ripens in early in the fifth.
pollination group: D
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 4
harvest period: 5
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