Double Red Rome Beauty
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Tetraploid. A sport of Rome Beauty being flatter in shape and being almost entirely flushed with bright crimson and darker streaks. It was discovered in about 1920 by Earle E. Cowin, Wapato, Washington, USA. Fruits have rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh but tends to lack flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Rome Beauty
Accession name
Double Red Rome Beauty
Flowering time
12th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
26th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
Size
medium 1
Type
Culinary / Dessert 1
Shape
Oblong 1
Crown
very weak 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
very high 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1
Firmness
soft 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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