Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Newtown Spitzenburg Apple
Newtown Spitzenburg 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 New York, Columbia, Ghent; Ohio, Wayne, Wooster; Montana, Silver Bow, Butte, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Newtown Spitzenburg |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | New York, Columbia, Ghent; Ohio, Wayne, Wooster; Montana, Silver Bow, Butte; New York, New York |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 7 |
All 7 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000551, POM00000552, POM00000553, POM00000554, POM00000555, POM00000556, POM00000557.
