Rome
Accession
Sandy River Orchard; Mercer, ME [Somerset County]
Synonyms
Rome Beauty, Foust's Rome Beauty, Gillett's Seedling, Press Ewing, Roman Beauty, Royal Red, Starbuck, Phoenix (erroneously)
Origin
Rome, Ohio about 1817
Season
Winter
Uses
Cooking
Distinctive Features
pale yellow-green skin blushed bright reddish orange, carmine stripes, numerous white dots, long stem
Resembles
Arctic, Baldwin, Boardman, Hubbardston Pippin, Red Canada
Status of Name
Verified by Old Timer and Visually by Experts
DNA Information
Assumed to be correct; not tested
