Applevariety
Roanoke
A dessert apple with yellowish flesh and whitish-yellow skin, round in shape, raised in 1949 and introduced in 1967; juicy and crisp. Picked in early October.
Origin · Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, USA
Released 1967
Taste & texture
- Bite
- crisp
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Used for
- Dessert apple
Origin & family
Where Roanoke began
Recorded origin
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, USA
United States
- Released
- 1967
Roanoke’s family
3 varieties · 2 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
This variety
Roanoke
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, USA, United States
Photo: National Fruit Collection, Brogdale · UK Open Government Licence v2.0
Red Rome → RoanokeParent · Recorded
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Field notes
Original source notes
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.