Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Red Stripe Apple
Red Stripe is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Possibly Indiana, US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for cooking, eating. Stalk is short. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1840–1875), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Red Stripe |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000724, POM00000725, POM00000726.
