Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Wine Apple
Wine 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 Pennsylvania, Juniata, Mexico; Washington, Walla Walla, Waitsburg; Maryland, Howard, Brighton, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Heiges, Bertha, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Wine |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Heiges, Bertha, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Pennsylvania, Juniata, Mexico; Washington, Walla Walla, Waitsburg; Maryland, Howard, Brighton; Arkansas, Newton |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00004216, POM00004217, POM00004218, POM00004219, POM00004220.
