Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Bens Red Apple
Bens Red is a heritage apple cultivar from Cornwall, England. It was grown primarily for eating. P Devonshire Quarrenden Xbox Apple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1875), painted by Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Bens Red |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1875 |
| Artist(s) | Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | New York, Nassau, Glen Cove |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001545.
