Ruby Rome Beauty
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A more highly coloured clone of Rome Beauty. Discovered in about 1912 by M.F. Hubbs, in Hall Orchard, Milton-Freewater, Oregon, USA. Introduced in 1928. Fruits have creamy white, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with little flavour.
Synonyms:
Black Rome Beauty, Cherry Red Rome Beauty, Miller Ruby Rome, Ruby Red Rome, Ruby Rome
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Rome Beauty
Accession name
Ruby Rome Beauty
Flowering time
12th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
25th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
Size
medium-large a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Globose a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
medium a
Ground Colour
Whitish green a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/solid flush a
Russet
very low a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register