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Ananas Reinette Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Ananas Reinette Apple apple, painted 1840

Ananas Reinette is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Netherlands (before 1800). It was grown primarily for eating, juice. A small yellow apple with pineapple flavor. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1840), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarAnanas Reinette
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originAustria
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000484.

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