Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Skinner Apple
Skinner Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 3 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from California, Sacramento, Sacramento; Colorado, Mesa, Palisades; California, Alameda, Fremont, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Lower, Elsie E. b., Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Skinner |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Lower, Elsie E. b., Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | California, Sacramento, Sacramento; Colorado, Mesa, Palisades; California, Alameda, Fremont |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003206, POM00003207, POM00003239.
