Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Apples · USDA pomological watercolour

Rambour Papeleu Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Rambour Papeleu Apple apple, painted 1860–1873

Rambour Papeleu is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Crimera, Ukraine (1850). It was grown primarily for eating, cooking. Green with red flush. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1860–1873), painted by Amanda Almira Newton and Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarRambour Papeleu
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860–1873
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira, Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originMontana, Missoula, Missoula; Virginia, Arlington
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002886, POM00002887.

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