Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Long Island Russet Apple
Long Island Russet is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Long Island, US (before 1820). It was grown primarily for cider. Flesh yellowish, dry, sweet. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study, painted by Bertha Heiges, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Long Island Russet |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Artist(s) | Heiges, Bertha |
| Specimen origin | New York, Erie, Buffalo |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002732.
