Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
St. Lawrence Apple
St. Lawrence Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 4 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Pennsylvania, Mercer, New Lebanon; New York, Madison, Earlville; Virginia, Fairfax, Vienna, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Lower, Elsie E. b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | St. Lawrence |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Lower, Elsie E. b. |
| Specimen origin | Pennsylvania, Mercer, New Lebanon; New York, Madison, Earlville; Virginia, Fairfax, Vienna; Rhode Island, Washington, Kingston |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003150, POM00003392, POM00003393, POM00003394.
