Rome Beauty

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

Accession Number:

1943 - 007  

Accession Name:

Rome Beauty

Use:

Dual Purpose

Flowering:

10% open: 13th May

Fully open: 19th May

90% over: 25th May

Picking time:

Mid October