Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Rhode Island Greening Apple
Rhode Island Greening is one of the oldest American apples, traced to Green's End, Rhode Island around 1700. Large, grass-green and very tart, with firm, fine-grained flesh, it was long the standard cooking and pie apple of the northeastern United States and stored well into winter.
| Cultivar | Rhode Island Greening |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Steadman, Royal Charles b., Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Heiges, Bertha |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington; Iowa, Floyd, Charles City; New York, Ontario, Geneva; California, El Dorado, Pleasant Valley |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 11 |
All 11 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000736, POM00000737, POM00000738, POM00000739, POM00000743, POM00003034, POM00003035, POM00003036, POM00003037, POM00003038, POM00003968.
