Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Buncombe Apple
Buncombe Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 4 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Michigan, Ingham; Virginia, Fairfax; Colorado, Arapahoe, Denver, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Buncombe |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Lower, Elsie E. b. |
| Specimen origin | Michigan, Ingham; Virginia, Fairfax; Colorado, Arapahoe, Denver; North Carolina, Wake, Raleigh |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001663, POM00001664, POM00001665, POM00001666.
