Double Rose
Apple
Double Rose
Origin/History
Received from Jaroslav Niemetz, Winnitza, Podolia, Russia, in 1898, for testing at this Station.
Tree
Exceedingly productive and comes into bearing young.
Fruit
Size and Form: 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.
Flesh and Flavor: Tinged with yellow, moderately coarse, mild subacid, fair to possibly good.
Core: Medium, nearly closed.
Season
November to February.
Uses
The fruit is beautiful but too small to be valuable for ordinary market uses and does not rank high enough in quality to be classed with fruit suitable for fancy trade. Not recommended for planting in New York.
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.