Nured Rome
Culinary / Dessert apple
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
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
Parentage:
Sport of Rome Beauty
Accession name
Nured Rome
Flowering time
13th May 10% flowering
19th May Full (80%) flowering
25th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
Size
medium a
Type
Culinary / Dessert a
Shape
Truncate conical a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
medium a
Ground Colour
Whitish green a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
solid flush a
Russet
absent a
Greasiness
Medium a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register