Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Rome Beauty Apple
Rome Beauty Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 21 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Missouri, Howell, West Plains; Washington, Yakima, Yakima; California, Placer, Gold Run, painted by Lower, Elsie E. b., Schutt, Ellen Isham, Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Rome Beauty |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Lower, Elsie E. b., Schutt, Ellen Isham, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | Missouri, Howell, West Plains; Washington, Yakima, Yakima; California, Placer, Gold Run; Washington, Chelan, Wenatchee |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 21 |
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003261, POM00003262, POM00003271, POM00003272, POM00003273, POM00003274, POM00003275, POM00003276, POM00003277, POM00003278, POM00003279, POM00003280, POM00003281, POM00003285, POM00003287, POM00003288, POM00003289, POM00003290, POM00004278, POM00004279, POM00004280.
