February, 1922 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page Twenty-three 



The Red Rome, A Promising Apple 



By Henry Haetman 



Assistant Professor of Pomology, Oregon Agricultural College 



IT HAS been evident for some time that 

 Oregon and Western Oregon in particu- 

 lar, is in need of at least one new variety 

 of apple, the fruit of which is red in color, 

 of good size, and which keeps fairly late. 

 The variety, in addition, must be a good 

 producer and should be reasonably free 

 from scab. 



With this need in mind the Experiment 

 Station at Corvallis, a few years ago, estab- 

 lished an apple variety block of some 225 

 sorts, thinking that out of this number, 

 surely a few would be adapted to Oregon 

 conditions. Strange as it may seem, how- 

 ever, but few of these varieties seem prom- 

 ising at this time. Almost without excep- 

 tion the varieties have proved to be unsuit- 

 able for one reason or another. Out of the 

 entire collection, in fact not more than two 

 appear to be of such caliber as to deserve a 

 place in the list of standard sorts. Of 

 these, the Red Rome is undoubtedly the 

 most promising. 



The merits and weaknesses of the Red 

 Rome can perhaps be best ascertained by 

 considering, first, a few facts relative to its 

 origin, and relative to its parent, the com- 

 mon Rome. The common Rome was first 

 noted by H. N. Gillette of Lawrence 

 County, Ohio, and was brought to the at- 

 tention of the Ohio Convention of Fruit 

 Growers in 1848. Like many other varie- 

 ties the Rome originated as a chance seed- 

 ling and its true parentage, therefore, is 

 unknown. 



The variety seems to have been popular 

 from the beginning and even now it is a 

 leading commercial sort in many apple sec- 

 tions. It is a favorite with many growers 

 because of its early and regular bearing, 



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