Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Starking Apple
Starking Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 5 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from New Jersey, Salem, Monroeville; Minnesota, Houston, LaCrescent; Pennsylvania, Bradford, Stevensville, painted by Steadman, Royal Charles b., Arnold, Mary Daisy, Shull, James Marion. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Starking |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1872–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Steadman, Royal Charles b., Arnold, Mary Daisy, Shull, James Marion |
| Specimen origin | New Jersey, Salem, Monroeville; Minnesota, Houston, LaCrescent; Pennsylvania, Bradford, Stevensville; Washington, Yakima, Yakima |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002093, POM00003200, POM00003201, POM00003202, POM00003203.
