Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Gibbs Apple
Gibbs Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 6 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Virginia, Winchester; Delaware, Kent, Woodside; Maryland, Caroline, Denton, painted by Arnold, Mary Daisy, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Lower, Elsie E. b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Gibbs |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Lower, Elsie E. b., Shull, James Marion |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Winchester; Delaware, Kent, Woodside; Maryland, Caroline, Denton; Maryland, Washington, Sharpsburg |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 6 |
All 6 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002210, POM00002211, POM00002212, POM00002213, POM00002333, POM00003480.
