Rome Beauty

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

Rome Beauty is almost the only one of great notoriety that is referable to this source.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.

Orchardists in the southern part of Ohio doubtless would elect Rome Beauty queen of money makers, were the question put to a vote.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.

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

From The Rim of the Desert by Anderson, Ada Woodruff

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

From The Apple by Various