Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Summer Rose Apple
Summer Rose is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in New Jersey (before 1806). It was grown primarily for cooking, eating. A small apple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1860–1873), painted by Ellen Isham Schutt and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Summer Rose |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Schutt, Ellen Isham, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | United States; Maryland, Montgomery, Rockville |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002350, POM00003551.
