Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Rome Beauty Apple
Rome Beauty originated near Rome Township in Lawrence County, Ohio, around 1816, reportedly from a root sprout below a graft union on the Gillett family farm. A large, round, glossy red apple, it is mild-flavoured and best known as a baking apple that holds its shape when cooked. Its commercial popularity through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is reflected in the USDA record.
| Cultivar | Rome Beauty |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Lower, Elsie E. b., Schutt, Ellen Isham, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | Missouri, Howell, West Plains; Washington, Yakima, Yakima; California, Placer, Gold Run; Washington, Chelan, Wenatchee |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 21 |
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003261, POM00003262, POM00003271, POM00003272, POM00003273, POM00003274, POM00003275, POM00003276, POM00003277, POM00003278, POM00003279, POM00003280, POM00003281, POM00003285, POM00003287, POM00003288, POM00003289, POM00003290, POM00004278, POM00004279, POM00004280.
