Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Ralls Apple
Ralls — often called Ralls Janet — is an old Virginia apple linked to Caleb Ralls of Amherst County in the early nineteenth century. It blooms unusually late, which lets it escape spring frosts, and yields a crisp, mildly tart, red-striped fruit that keeps well into spring. Crossed with Red Delicious in Japan, it became a parent of the modern Fuji apple — a lineage that adds to its place in the USDA record.
| Cultivar | Ralls |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham |
| Specimen origin | Illinois, Sangamon, Farmingdale; Iowa, Lee, Denmark; Virginia, Shenandoah, Strasburg; Oregon, Hood River, Hood River |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 9 |
All 9 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002879, POM00002993, POM00002995, POM00003046, POM00003047, POM00003048, POM00003049, POM00003050, POM00003098.
