Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Reinette de Montmorency Apple
Reinette de Montmorency is a heritage apple cultivar dating to before 1800. It was grown primarily for cooking, eating. A yellow apple with red flush. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study, painted by Bertha Heiges, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Reinette de Montmorency |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Artist(s) | Heiges, Bertha |
| Specimen origin | Austria |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002984.
