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Apple varieties, United States

Roanoke

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

Raised in 1949 by George D. Oberle, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, USA. Introduced in 1967. Fruits are crisp and juicy with a mild flavour.

Family tree

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

Roanoke United States, 1949
- Seed parent Red Rome Australia, by 1950
  - Sport of Rome Beauty United States, by 1848
- Pollen parent Schoharie (Northern Spy cross)

Where Roanoke came from.

Sources

Roanoke (accession 1974 - 069), 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 (early october).