Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Belle de Pontoise Apple
Belle de Pontoise is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in France (1869, introduced 1879). It was grown primarily for cooking.. Large flat-round apple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1860), painted by Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Belle de Pontoise |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Canada, Kentville |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001471.
