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- Intriguedbybonsai
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They are classed as a culinary apple...Full name Rome Beauty, but there at least are eight 'sports ' of the variety.
Came from a rootstock shoot from the grafted tree of a Joel Gillet, Proctorville, Ohio around 1816.
Was tried over here in the Uk but our summer is not warm enough for it to get good colour or ripen well.
Listed as still grown widely in the States..but mainly for processing.
Also grown in Italy, australia and New Zealand.
Came from a rootstock shoot from the grafted tree of a Joel Gillet, Proctorville, Ohio around 1816.
Was tried over here in the Uk but our summer is not warm enough for it to get good colour or ripen well.
Listed as still grown widely in the States..but mainly for processing.
Also grown in Italy, australia and New Zealand.