Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Rolfe Apple
Rolfe is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Maine, US (before 1857). It was grown primarily for eating. Stalk is short- to medium-length. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Bertha Heiges, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Rolfe |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Heiges, Bertha, Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | Maine, Penobscot, Corinna; Maine, Penobscot, Dexter; New York, Tompkins, Ithaca |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003132, POM00003133, POM00003134, POM00003135.
