Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Rambo Apple
Rambo Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 7 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Pennsylvania, Perry, Landisburg; New York, Albany, Albany; Massachusetts, Middlesex, Waltham, painted by Shull, James Marion, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Rambo |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Shull, James Marion, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Lower, Elsie E. b. |
| Specimen origin | Pennsylvania, Perry, Landisburg; New York, Albany, Albany; Massachusetts, Middlesex, Waltham; Maryland, Carroll, Westminster |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 7 |
All 7 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001238, POM00002880, POM00002881, POM00002882, POM00002883, POM00002884, POM00002885.
