Bought me a clearly labeled Rome apple tree. After a couple of years of babying it I have about six apples. I was like a proud father with a new child. When the apples got to about 2" in diameter and stopped growing I thought that they were resting and they would take off growing soon. No they just sat there with no change. I kept telling myself that they would get bigger soon and take on a red color. Well it didn’t happen. I picked a couple and they were small and sweet. I’m not sure what I have unless it is Yates.
Well, by getting cheated out of Rome I don’t think you were deprived of a terrific apple. Rome’s beauty is pretty much skin deep, isn’t it?
Although I did love baked Romes as a child now I want a baked apples that doesn’t go all soft.
The “butterscotch” looks to me like a frost wound. It is a grafted tree, right? I’ve never seen an apple with that color. Maybe it is a limb sport of Rome, but I doubt that also.
I like the looks of that little apple. People wonder why we want scions instead of ordering trees, mix ups happen I guess but it take 5-10 years to find out sometimes.
It is a grafted tree. Actually I don’t feel cheated mostly because I like the taste of this apple more than the Rome and I’m sure my Grands will like it also.
Contrary to good advice about not letting your trees fruit early I push my trees to fruit early for accurate fruit ID and if I have not tasted it before, I can graft over it sooner.
