RAINBOW was thought to have become extinct, but Carlos Manning discovered this tree in a small town near his home. According to Lee Calhoun, it was a Missouri apple sold by Stark Bros. Nursery around 1900, and was listed by a Virginia nursery from 1898 to 1901 as a dessert apple. Fruit is very large, conical, and the skin is yellow with strips and splashes of scarlet and red. The flesh is yellow, fine-grained, and juicy. Ripens August-September.

Fruit | Catalog | Events & Workshops | Resource Links | Guest Book | Contact Us | Home

©2001 Vintage Virginia Apples | Site updated on: 7/10/2006 |  www.vintagevirginiaapples.com

Vintage Virginia Apples, P.O. Box 210, North Garden, VA 22959 | phone: 434.297.ADAM (434-297-2326)