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Rome Beauty Sport Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Rome Beauty Sport Apple apple, painted 1860

Rome Beauty Sport Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. A watercolour study of it survives in the collection, with specimens recorded from Ohio, Washington, Marietta, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarRome Beauty Sport
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originOhio, Washington, Marietta
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003286.

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