Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Ronk Apple
Ronk is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Indiana, US (1860). It was grown primarily for eating. An apple of the Vandevere type. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1840), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Ronk |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Indiana, Montgomery, New Ross; Indiana, Jackson, Crothersville |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000486, POM00003291.
