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Nured Rome
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A more highly coloured clone of Rome Beauty. Originated in 1927 with J.A. Snyder in Van Husen Orchard, Wenatchee, Washington, USA. Introduced in 1943. Fruits have rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh but with little flavour.
- Synonyms:
- SeeandO Red Rome
- Availability
- Not currently held in the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1967 - 079
- Accession name
- Nured Rome
- Flowering time ›››
- 13th May10% flowering
19th MayFull (80%) flowering
25th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Truncate conical 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish green 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium-high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- solid flush 1
- Russet
- absent 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019