Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Reinette de Bayeux Apple
Reinette de Bayeux is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in France (before 1817). It was grown primarily for eating, cooking, pie. Width 70–75 mm, height 58–65 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1840), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Reinette de Bayeux |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | France, Paris |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001455.
