Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Sweet Romanite Apple
Sweet Romanite is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for baking, cider, eating. Width 74 mm, height 61 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1840–1882), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Elsie E. b. Lower, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Sweet Romanite |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Lower, Elsie E. b., Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | United States; Texas, Denton, Pilot Point; Colorado, Arapahoe, Denver; Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003794, POM00003909, POM00003910, POM00003911.
