Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Barcelona Pearmain Apple
Barcelona Pearmain is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in England (before 1837). It was grown primarily for eating, cooking. One of the best dessert apples. 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.
| Cultivar | Barcelona Pearmain |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Canada, Trenton |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001195.
