Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Bethlemite Apple
Bethlemite is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1860). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 78 mm, height 58 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1840–1860), painted by Amanda Almira Newton and Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Bethlemite |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1860 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington; Ohio, Morrow, West Liberty |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001606, POM00001607.
