Riley's Farm Fort Cross Orchard, Yucaipa.Apple-A-Day Ratzlaff Ranch, Sebastopol, CA.The following orchards grow Rome Beauty: United States I would like to try other late blooming apples, but none of the trees I planted other than the Romes survived out here on the Idaho prairie. I had one tree with a lot of red-tinted fruit, but it was the one that died back. They seem to tolerate light fall frosts well. They red up nicely if allowed to stay on the tree into late October.
I would suspect leaving just the king apple would be the bestplan, but I usually leave the king, and another. They tend to over set, and so, to get large apples, they must be thinned A LOT. They will keep in a cool garage until March. Unfortunately, they seem to only have a crop every other year. I have had frosts as late as June 6th out here on the prairie. They are a late bloomer, which makes them one of the only trees in my orchard to ever produce fruit. They are fairly easy to grow, or must be since they grow here, and nothing else does. I especially like the ones that have a lot of red veining inside they will turn a pie pink. As a cooking apple, their flavor is like roses and they are solid and non-juicy, so pies and baked goods don't become soggy. They are good to eat only right after they are picked, but will get dry and mealy soon after.
I first purchased them in the grocery store in Hawaii, because they were brought in from New Zealand. Grimes and Stayman, which also are produced in this section, are showing tip well both as to size and quality.Romes are my favorite apple for cooking. This district will have some extra good crops to offer this season. However, in the Gallia, Jackson, and Meigs county districts, which were light last year, prospects are for a good average yield and although some scab damage has shown up we will have quite a nice crop. There is again quite heavy damage from worms but growers are getting them pretty well under control and are expecting much better quality than last year.
The crop of Rome’s, which is of course our main variety in the valley, is Somewhat heavier in the Lawrence county belt. Janes, Gallipolis broker, who has Just returned from a trip through the territory, says: Lawrence County, Ohio, Has Good Apple Crop. The above speech is preserved in the Congressional Record. The Rome Beauty apple is generally considered to be the best general-purpose apple. The tree grew near the present site of the Lawrence county, Ohio fairgrounds, and a monument has been erected on the fairgrounds to commemorate this famous tree. The lad took that little Democrat tree and planted it, and from that little Democrat tree came the wonderful Rome Beauty apple.? He threw this little crooked apple tree to his boy and said, Lad, you can have that tree. This old gentleman was a rank, partisan Republican. One day he received a shipment of nursery stock, and when he sorted it out he found a small crooked apple tree in the group. Gillette, was an apple raiser of considerable reputation. The Rome Beauty apple originated in Rome township, Lawrence county, Ohio. Jenkins said: I want to tell you a little story, a true story, which may soften the hearts of our good Democratic friends, who are opposing this amendment. The story of the Rome Beauty was told some time ago in the United States Senate during the course of a debate over a proposal by Congressman Summers, of Washington, asking $15, 000, 000 for a study of bud sports. The Rome Beauty, famed apple, is a Democratic bud sport, according to no less an authority than Congressman Jenkins of Lawrence C ounty, Ohio.
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