Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Surprise Apple
Surprise 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 Michigan, Ingham, East Lansing; Michigan, Allegan, Douglas; Colorado, Montrose, Montrose, painted by Lower, Elsie E. b., Arnold, Mary Daisy, Heiges, Bertha. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Surprise |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1872–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Lower, Elsie E. b., Arnold, Mary Daisy, Heiges, Bertha, Shull, James Marion |
| Specimen origin | Michigan, Ingham, East Lansing; Michigan, Allegan, Douglas; Colorado, Montrose, Montrose; Oregon |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003634, POM00003635, POM00003636, POM00003637, POM00003638.
