Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Gano Apple
Gano Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 19 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from West Virginia, Monroe, Sinks Grove; Arkansas, Washington, Fayetteville; Missouri, McDonald, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Heiges, Bertha. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Gano |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Heiges, Bertha, Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | West Virginia, Monroe, Sinks Grove; Arkansas, Washington, Fayetteville; Missouri, McDonald; Canada, Ottawa |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 19 |
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002162, POM00002163, POM00002164, POM00002165, POM00002180, POM00002181, POM00002182, POM00002183, POM00002184, POM00002185, POM00002186, POM00002187, POM00002192, POM00002193, POM00002396, POM00003479, POM00003530, POM00003531, POM00003834.
