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Apple varieties, United States

Double Red Rome Beauty

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

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.

Family tree

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

  • Double Red Rome Beauty United States, about 1920
Rome Beauty Double Red Rome Beauty
Where Double Red Rome Beauty came from. The lines lead to its parents: Rome Beauty (United States).

Sources

  1. Double Red Rome Beauty (accession 1950 - 131), 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).

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