Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Northwestern Greening Apple
Northwestern Greening Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 10 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Canada, Fredericton; Iowa, Des Moines; Colorado, Delta, Paonia, painted by Arnold, Mary Daisy, Lower, Elsie E. b., Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Northwestern Greening |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Lower, Elsie E. b., Schutt, Ellen Isham, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Canada, Fredericton; Iowa, Des Moines; Colorado, Delta, Paonia; Arizona, Yavapai, Jerome |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 10 |
All 10 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000312, POM00000313, POM00000314, POM00000315, POM00000316, POM00000317, POM00000318, POM00003859, POM00003860, POM00004030.
