Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Rome Apple
Rome Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 20 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Washington, Spokane, Spokane; Washington, Chelan, Wenatchee; Indiana, Knox, Vincennes, painted by Shull, James Marion, Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Rome |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Shull, James Marion, Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | Washington, Spokane, Spokane; Washington, Chelan, Wenatchee; Indiana, Knox, Vincennes; Oregon, Umatilla, Milton-Freewater |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 20 |
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000797, POM00000893, POM00001236, POM00001237, POM00003002, POM00003003, POM00003004, POM00003115, POM00003141, POM00003142, POM00003143, POM00003144, POM00003224, POM00003269, POM00003270, POM00003862, POM00003946, POM00003947, POM00003960, POM00003967.
