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

And say," he held up an exceedingly large apple, nearer the size of a small pumpkin, "how's this for a Rome Beauty?

From The Rim of the Desert by Anderson, Ada Woodruff

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

Early Harvest 2 " Gilpin 1 " Red Winter Pearmain 1 " Salome 1 " Rome Beauty 1 " Ortley 1 " Wagener 1 " White Pippin 1 " Summer and Fall Varieties.

From The Apple by Various

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

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.