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color markings. A certain tree or part of 

 a tree, for example, produced apples that 

 were distinctly marked by longitudinal 

 formul.x-, cooking, any operation requiring 

 evidence of two facts: (1) that the Rome 

 carried at least two distinct factors for 

 color, and (2) that segregation of these 

 factors was being accomplished by bud varia- 

 tion. In the light of these facts, it was pos- 

 sible to predict that some day a red Rome 

 would appear, i.e., a Rome wherein, solid 

 red would be the dominant color. The 

 prediction has come true, not once, but 

 several times, for red Romes have appeared 

 as bud sports in more than one instance. 



So far as anyone can determine, the Red 

 Rome is essentially a Rome embellished with 

 a bright red covering. In other characteris- 

 tics such as form, size, texture, quality and 

 tree habits, it appears to be nothing more 

 than a common Rome. This being true, a 

 long test of the variety hardly seems neces- 

 sary. 



DURING the past few years, the Red 

 Rome has been under observation in 

 the experimental orchard at Corvallis and 

 the members of the Department of Horti- 

 culture of Oregon Agricultural College 

 feel that the variety is at least promising 

 for Oregon and other northwest localities. 

 Thus far, the variety has proved to be the 

 equal of its parent so far as productivity is 

 concerned. It withstood the freeze of 

 December 1919, apparently without dam- 

 .age. It has shown no trace of spr.iy injury 

 either by Bordeaux mixture or lime and 

 sulfur, and but little difficulty has been 

 encountered in keeping it free from scab. 



It must not be inferred, however, that the 

 Red Rome is a perfect apple, free from all 

 objectionable features. To quote an old 

 proverb, "every rose has its thorns." There 

 has been noted, in some individual cases, a 

 tendency for the Red Rome to revert or 

 change back to its parental type. Within 

 the variety, occasionally a tree or part of a 

 tree produces fruits which are striped or 

 variegated, i.e., instead of displaying the 

 solid red character, they display partial 

 reversion to the color of the common Rome. 



During the next few years some difficulty 

 will be encountered in securing scion wood 

 of the Red Rome that is absolutely free 

 from reversion. The scion wood, in all 

 cases, should be taken only from trees or 

 parts of trees that are known to produce 

 apples of a solid red color. Such scion wood 

 should be selected or marked while the 

 fruit is on the trees. 



A considerable number of Red Rome 

 trees are now fruiting in Yakima and other 

 Washington districts. The Department of 

 Horticulture at the Oregon Agricultural 

 College will endeavor, during the coming 

 year, to locate a number of trees that are 

 true to type and from which scion wood 

 may be obtained. 



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