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Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.
MORE →Reflects the personal views, recollections, and perspective of the author, Mike Davis.
This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
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| Species | Malus domestica |
| Hybrid parentage | Golden Delicious × Jonathan |
| Cultivar | N.Y. 43013-1 |
| Marketing names | Jonagold |
| Origin |  Geneva, New York, 1943 |
Jonagold /ˈdʒɒnəˌɡoʊld/ is a cultivated variety or cultivar of apple originally from New York, United States, but known internationally. Outside of the United States, it is popular in Belgium and the Netherlands.
The Jonagold is a cross between the crisp Golden Delicious and the blush-crimson Jonathan; the name Jonagold is a portmanteau of these two variety names. It was developed in 1943 in New York State Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, selected as N.Y. 43013-1 in 1953, officially released in 1968 by Roger Way.[1]
The Jonagold apple is a large sweet fruit with a thin skin that is green-yellow with streaks of crimson. The flesh is creamy yellowish and has a breaking texture.[2] Because of their large size they are now favored by commercial growers in many parts of the world, and the apples can last up to two months in refrigerated storage and up to ten months in controlled atmosphere storage.[2]
Jonagold is triploid, with sterile pollen, and as such, requires a second type of apple for pollen and is incapable of pollenizing other cultivars.[2] It is susceptible to the diseases apple scab, powdery mildew, and fire blight, as well as the physiological disorders bitter pit and sunburn.[2][3]
In 1988, the cultivar was awarded the American Society for Horticultural Science Outstanding Fruit Cultivar Award.[4] As of 2020[update], it was the most widely produced apple in Belgium,[5] where it is used in Stella Cidre, and is credited with saving the European fruit industry.[4] As of 2008[update], it was one of the fifteen most popular apple cultivars in the United States according to the US Apple Association.[6] The European Fruit Magazine cites it as the second most popular apple in the Netherlands, behind the Elstar[7].
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The Jonagored Apple, a sport mutation of Jonagold discovered in Belgium in 1985, was once covered under United States Patent PP05937,[9] now expired.
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Jonagold is a cultivated variety or cultivar of apple originally from New York, United States, but known internationally. Outside of the United States, it is popular in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Sint-Truiden (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪnˈtrœydə(n)] ; French: Saint-Trond [sɛ̃ tʁɔ̃]; Limburgish: Sintruin [sɪnˈtʀœjn]) is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. With more than 41,500 inhabitants, it is one of the largest cities in Limburg. The municipality includes the former communes (now deelgemeenten) of Aalst, Brustem, Duras, Engelmanshoven, Gelinden, Gorsem, Groot-Gelmen, Halmaal, Kerkom-bij-Sint-Truiden, Melveren, Metsteren, Ordingen, Runkelen, Velm, Wilderen, and Zepperen. The city is in the centre of Belgium's fruit-producing region, Haspengouw (Hesbaye), which is renowned for its pears, apples (Jonagold), and sweet cherries.
Ambrosia is a cultivated variety or cultivar of apple originating in Canada in the early 1990s. The original tree was first cultivated by the Mennell family of Cawston, British Columbia, who discovered it growing from a chance seedling in their orchard in a row of Jonagold apple trees. It is named after the mythical food of the Greek gods. Its colour, juice content, sweetness, and overall flavour have made the Ambrosia popular in numerous countries.
The Macoun (pronounced Ma-cown, Ma-coon or McCowan) is a cultivated variety of apples developed at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York. Named after Canadian horticulturalist W. T. Macoun, it is a hybrid the McIntosh and Jersey Black. Cross pollination was done in 1909 and the Macoun was commercially released in 1932. It is suitable for dessert and for making apple cider, applesauce, and salads. Although the patent application for the Honeycrisp apple stated that it was descended from Macoun crossed with Honeygold, genetic testing has disproved this. The price look-up code (PLU) or all sizes of Macoun apples is 3073.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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