Richland Beauty
AppleRichland Beauty
Origin and History
Originated from seed of Duchess, grown by Geo. Dorrance in Rice County, Minnesota, and planted and grown by John Geo. Miller of the same county, about 1867.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium, regular, oblate.
Skin: Greenish yellow, striped with red.
Stem: Short.
Cavity: Wide, regular, obtuse, green with trace of russet.
Basin: Somewhat ribbed and corrugated, abrupt.
Calyx: Closed; segments erect convergent.
Flesh and Flavor: White, pleasant subacid, good.
Core and Seeds: Core closed. Cells round, slit. Tube funnel-shaped. Stamens marginal. Seeds very large, packed tightly in cells, approximately nine per fruit.
Season
Fall.
Tree
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Richland Beauty—Originated from seed of Duchess grown by Geo. Dorrance, in Rice County, Minnesota, and planted and grown by John Geo. Miller of same county, about 1867—Fruit medium, regular, oblate; surface greenish yellow, striped with red; cavity wide, regular, obtuse, green with trace of russet; stem short; basin somewhat ribbed and corrugated, abrupt; calyx closed, segments erect convergent. Core closed; cells round, slit; tube funnel-shaped; stamens marginal; seeds very large, packed tightly in cells, about nine; flesh white, pleasant subacid, good. Fall.