Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Apples · USDA pomological watercolour

Oliver Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Oliver Apple apple, painted 1840–1873

Oliver 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 Missouri, Pike, Louisiana; United States; Massachusetts, Hampden, Wilbraham, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Heiges, Bertha. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarOliver
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1873
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Heiges, Bertha, Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originMissouri, Pike, Louisiana; United States; Massachusetts, Hampden, Wilbraham
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates6

All 6 plates

Oliver Apple watercolour POM00000449Oliver Apple watercolour POM00000450Oliver Apple watercolour POM00000451Oliver Apple watercolour POM00000452Oliver Apple watercolour POM00000453Oliver Apple watercolour POM00000454

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000449, POM00000450, POM00000451, POM00000452, POM00000453, POM00000454.

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