Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Roman Stem Apple
Roman Stem is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in New Jersey, US (before 1800). It was grown primarily for eating. Flesh is juicy, aromatic, subacid, very good. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 5 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Ellen Isham Schutt, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Roman Stem |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Iowa, Lee, Denmark; Iowa, Floyd, Charles City; West Virginia, Upshur, French Creek |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003136, POM00003137, POM00003138, POM00003139, POM00003140.
