Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Twenty Ounce Apple
Twenty Ounce is a very large American apple from the early 1800s, associated with New York and Connecticut. Green-yellow splashed and striped with red, with coarse, brisk, tart flesh, it was a popular and showy cooking apple — its size alone made it a market favourite.
| Cultivar | Twenty Ounce |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | Massachusetts; Virginia, Arlington; Pennsylvania, McKean, Kane; New York, Ontario, Geneva |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000461, POM00003717, POM00003718, POM00003719, POM00003737.
