Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Golden Delicious Apple
Golden Delicious Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 11 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Indiana, Knox, Vincennes; Oklahoma; Missouri, Pike, Louisiana, painted by Shull, James Marion, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Golden Delicious |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Shull, James Marion, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Indiana, Knox, Vincennes; Oklahoma; Missouri, Pike, Louisiana; Virginia, Fairfax, Vienna |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 11 |
All 11 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000932, POM00002070, POM00002071, POM00002072, POM00002073, POM00002074, POM00002075, POM00002076, POM00002077, POM00002078, POM00002079.
