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Ralls Genet Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Ralls Genet Apple apple, painted 1840

Ralls Genet is a heritage apple cultivar from Virginia, US. It was grown primarily for eating. Biennial. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1840), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarRalls Genet
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originNorth Carolina, Haywood, Waynesville; Michigan, Oceana, Mears
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002878, POM00003010.

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