Rosa
AppleRosa
Origin/History
An old French apple.
Tree
Moderately vigorous.
Fruit
Size and Form: Large, roundish.
Skin: Light yellow, shaded and splashed with red in the sun, with reddish gray dots.
Flesh and Flavor: White, fine, tender, juicy, subacid.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx and Basin: Not described in source.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
December, January.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Source: A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900), citing Albany Pomological Society records.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
USDA Nomenclature (1905)
From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56
From Album de Pomologie.
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Rosa.
An old French Apple. Tree moderately vigorous.
Fruit large, roundish, light yellow, shaded and splashed with red in the sun, reddish gray dots. Flesh white, fine, tender, juicy, subacid. December, January. (Alb. Pom.)