Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Winter Cheese Apple
Winter Cheese Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 2 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from United States; Virginia, Albemarle, Crozet, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Winter Cheese |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Schutt, Ellen Isham |
| Specimen origin | United States; Virginia, Albemarle, Crozet |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000101, POM00000116.
