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Rome Beauty
Culinary / Dessert apple
Originated with H.N. Gillett in Lawrence County, Ohio, USA. Brought to notice in 1848. Fruits have creamy white, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with very little flavour. Fruits do not mature well in the UK.
Synonyms:
?Imperatore, ?Morella, Beaute de Rome, Belle de Rome, Faust's Rome Beauty, Frumusetea Romei, Gillet's Seedling, Gillett's Seedling, Morgenduit, Mussolinieapfel, Pomme de Romagne, Rimskaia Krasavita, Rimskaya Krasavitsa, Rimske Krasne, Roma szepe, Roman Beauty, Rome, Rome's Beauty
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Shape: Oblong
Size: medium-large
Height: 61.50mm
Width: 77.50mm
Ribbing: weak
Ground Colour: Whitish yellow
Over Colour:Orange
Over Colour (Pattern): striped
Coarseness:coarse
Flesh Colour: Greenish
Flowering time:
13th May10% flowering
19th MayFull (80%) flowering
25th May90% petal fall
Picking time: Mid October