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Ruby Rome Beauty
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A more highly coloured clone of Rome Beauty. Discovered in about 1912 by M.F. Hubbs, in Hall Orchard, Milton-Freewater, Oregon, USA. Introduced in 1928. Fruits have creamy white, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with little flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Black Rome Beauty, Cherry Red Rome Beauty, Miller Ruby Rome, Ruby Red Rome, Ruby Rome
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Sport of Rome Beauty
Accession No.
1952 - 040
- Accession name
- Ruby Rome Beauty
- Flowering time ›››
- 12th May10% flowering
18th MayFull (80%) flowering
25th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- medium-large 1
- Shape
- Globose 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
- mottled/solid flush 1
- Russet
- very low 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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