Double Rose
AppleDouble Rose
Origin / History
Received from Jaroslav Niemetz, Winnitza, Podolia, Russia, in 1898, for testing at this Station. The variety is not recommended for planting in New York.
Tree
The tree is exceedingly productive and comes into bearing young.
Fruit
Size: Fruit small.
Form: Fruit roundish or oblong conic.
Stem: Stem long to medium.
Cavity: Cavity deep, rather wide, russeted.
Calyx: Calyx closed or partly open.
Basin: Basin abrupt, moderately deep.
Skin: Skin smooth yellow overspread with light red sometimes deepening to dark red. The fruit is beautiful, being almost wholly overspread with a bright deep red.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh tinged with yellow, moderately coarse, mild subacid, fair to possibly good.
Core and seeds: Core medium, nearly closed.
Season
Season November to February.
Uses
The fruit is too small to be valuable for ordinary market uses. It does not rank high enough in quality to be classed with fruit suitable for fancy trade.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 (1905)DOUBLE ROSE.
The tree is exceedingly productive and comes into bearing young. The fruit is beautiful, being almost wholly overspread with a bright deep red but it is too small to be valuable for ordinary market uses and it does not rank high enough in quality to be classed with fruit suitable for fancy trade. It is not recommended for planting in New York.
Received from Jaroslav Niemetz, Winnitza, Podolia, Russia, in 1898, for testing at this Station.
FRUIT.
Fruit small, roundish or oblong conic. Stem long to medium, set in a deep, rather wide, russeted cavity. Calyx closed or partly open. Basin abrupt, moderately deep. Skin smooth yellow overspread with light red sometimes deepening to dark red. Core medium, nearly closed. Flesh tinged with yellow, moderately coarse, mild subacid, fair to possibly good.
Season November to February.