Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Red Russet Apple
Red Russet is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in New Hampshire, US (before 1875). It was grown primarily for eating. Stalk is short. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1860–1873), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Red Russet |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Massachusetts, Berkshire, Great Barrington; New York, Dutchess, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000711, POM00000712.
