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Rome Beauty

American  

noun

  1. a large, red variety of apple, used chiefly for baking.


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Summer Rambo 1 " Munster 1 " Fall Pippin 1 " Northern Spy 1 " Rome Beauty 1 vote.

From The Apple by Various

"This is that station master's orchard, where the Rome Beauty grew."

From The Rim of the Desert by Anderson, Ada Woodruff

I studied catalogues and talked with pomologists until my mind was nearly unsettled, and finally decided upon Jonathan, Wealthy, Rome Beauty, and Northwestern Greening,—all winter apples, and all red but the last.

From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by Streeter, John Williams

Why purchase or cultivate a worthless crab apple tree or a hybrid when Rome Beauty, Northern Spy, or Grimes Golden, and other standard varieties of apples may be secured for a few additional cents?

From Community Civics and Rural Life by Dunn, Arthur William

For commercial purposes he prefers Missouri Pippin, Winesap, Willow Twig, Ben Davis, and Rome Beauty, and for family use adds early apples.

From The Apple by Various

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