Rockwood
AppleRockwood
Origin/History
Belgrade, Maine, on the farm of John Rockwood. Popular and profitable where known.
Tree
Hardy, healthy, vigorous, upright growth habit. An early and full bearer in alternate years, with a light crop the intervening ones.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium, roundish, inclining to oblong, flattened at the ends, angular.
Stem: Rather short.
Cavity: Medium.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Medium, corrugated.
Skin: Greenish yellow, nearly covered with light and dark dull red, brownish red in the sun, and numerous yellowish dots, a few areole.
Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, half fine, tender, moderately juicy, mild subacid, inclining to sweet.
Core: Small.
Season
December–February.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Source: A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Rockwood.
Origin, Belgrade, Maine, on the farm of John Rockwood; tree hardy, healthy, vigorous, upright; an early and full bearer alternate years, and a light crop the intervening ones; it is popular and profitable where known.
Fruit medium, roundish, inclining to oblong, flattened at the ends, angular; skin greenish yellow, nearly covered with light and dark dull red, brownish red in the sun, and numerous yellowish dots, a few areole; stalk rather short; cavity medium; calyx closed; basin medium, corrugated; flesh whitish, half fine, tender, moderately juicy, mild subacid, inclining to sweet; core small. December, February.