Rhode's Orange

Apple

Rhode's Orange

Origin/History

Raised by Col. Mercer Rhodes, Newton County, Georgia.

Tree

Slow grower, spreading, productive.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Roundish oblate.

Stem: Rather long.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Small, closed.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Yellowish ground, washed, striped, and mottled with light red; many light and gray dots.

Flesh/Flavor: Flesh whitish, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid. Quality: Good.

Core/Seeds: Core small.

Season

August (Downing); Summer (Thomas).

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (Lowther, 1914) includes Rhode's Orange in a variety-characteristic table. Full prose description absent from that source; raw table entry:

Rhode's Orange. M rob yr VG b W 10* 9*

Book Sources

Described in 3 period pomological works

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 1 catalog (1901) from Arkansas

Yarbrough Bros. , Stephens , Arkansas — 1901

View original book sources (3)

Rhode's Orange.

Raised by Col. Mercer Rhodes, Newton Co., Ga. Tree a slow grower, spreading, productive.

Fruit medium, roundish oblate, yellowish, washed, striped, and mottled with light red, many light and gray dots. Stalk rather long. Calyx small, closed. Flesh whitish, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid. Good. Core small. August.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Rhode's Orange. M rob yr VG b W 10* 9*

— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)

Rhode's Orange. Medium, roundish-oblate, yellow and red. Summer.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)