Barkley Red Rome
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A more highly coloured clone of Rome Beauty which was discovered in 1944 by G.L. Barkley, Manson, Washington, U.S.A. Introduced in 1953. Fruits are rather coarse-textured, juicy but with little flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Rome Beauty
Accession name
Barkley Red Rome
Flowering time
17th May 10% flowering
21st May Full (80%) flowering
27th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
Size
small-medium a
Type
Dessert a
Over Colour (Amount)
high a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush a
Russet
very low a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.