Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Roxbury Russet Apple
Roxbury Russet is generally recognised as the oldest apple variety to originate in North America, traced to Roxbury, Massachusetts in the early 1600s. Jefferson planted "russetings" at Monticello in 1778. Its greenish-gold skin is overlaid with the distinctive flecked, sandpapery russeting that gives the variety its name; the crisp, tart flesh stores through winter and was historically pressed for cider.
| Cultivar | Roxbury Russet |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | New York, Dutchess, Arlington; New York, Genesee, Le Roy; New York, Columbia, Ghent; Ohio, Wayne, Wooster |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000500, POM00000501, POM00000502, POM00000503.
