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Apple varieties, United States

Barkley Red Rome

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

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.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Barkley Red Rome United States, 1944
- Sport of Rome Beauty United States, by 1848

Where Barkley Red Rome came from. The lines lead to its parents: Rome Beauty (United States).

Sources

Barkley Red Rome (accession 1969 - 064), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid october).