Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Celestia Apple
Celestia Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 7 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Ohio, Wayne, Wooster; Ohio, Highland, Paint; Virginia, Arlington, painted by Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Celestia |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | Ohio, Wayne, Wooster; Ohio, Highland, Paint; Virginia, Arlington; Indiana, Allen, Middletown |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 7 |
All 7 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000018, POM00001745, POM00001746, POM00001747, POM00001748, POM00001749, POM00001750.
