Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Scarlet Cranberry Apple
Scarlet Cranberry Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 2 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Canada, Grimsby; West Virginia, Hampshire, Levels, painted by Lower, Elsie E. b., Heiges, Bertha. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Scarlet Cranberry |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1882 |
| Artist(s) | Lower, Elsie E. b., Heiges, Bertha |
| Specimen origin | Canada, Grimsby; West Virginia, Hampshire, Levels |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003180, POM00003181.
