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Barkley Red Rome

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

A more highly coloured clone of Rome Beauty which was discovered in 1944 by G.L. Barkley, Manson, Washington, U.S.A. Introduced in 1953. Fruits are rather coarse-textured, juicy but with little flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
17th May (10%) · 21st May (full) · 27th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
small-medium
Type
Dessert
Russet
very low
Over colour
Red
Over colour amount
high
Over colour pattern
striped/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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