Daru

Apple

Daru

Origin and History

Daru was received by the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Missouri, Columbia in 1953, originating from Hungary in 1900.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Form and Size: Not described in source.

Skin: Red striped.

Flesh and Flavor: Not described in source.

Other Fruit Characteristics: Not described in source.

Season

Flowers very late, approximately 2 weeks after Rome Beauty.

Uses

Culinary.

Other

Station Number: Io
Reporting Station: Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (MoC)

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Fisher, A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)

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Daru. Received from AES, Columbia, Mo. 1953 (Hungary 1900). Red striped, culinary. Very late flowering, 2 wks. after Rome Beauty. Station number: Io. Reporting station: Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (MoC).

— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)