Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Gideon Apple
Gideon Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 2 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Michigan, Benzie, Benzonia; Illinois, Cook, Evanston, painted by Heiges, Bertha, Shull, James Marion. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Gideon |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1872 |
| Artist(s) | Heiges, Bertha, Shull, James Marion |
| Specimen origin | Michigan, Benzie, Benzonia; Illinois, Cook, Evanston |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002215, POM00003905.
