Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Ramsdell Apple
Ramsdell is a heritage apple cultivar from Connecticut, US. It was grown primarily for baking. Width 90 mm, height 89 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1860), painted by Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Ramsdell |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Shenandoah, Orkney Springs |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002888.
