Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Scarlet Beauty Apple
Scarlet Beauty Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. A watercolour study of it survives in the collection, with specimens recorded from New York, Saint Lawrence, Canton, painted by Lower, Elsie E. b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Scarlet Beauty |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1882 |
| Artist(s) | Lower, Elsie E. b. |
| Specimen origin | New York, Saint Lawrence, Canton |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003045.
