Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Banana Apple
Banana Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 12 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from New York, Wayne, Sodus; Oregon, Hood River, Hood River; Maine, Penobscot, Orono, painted by Shull, James Marion, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Banana |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Shull, James Marion, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | New York, Wayne, Sodus; Oregon, Hood River, Hood River; Maine, Penobscot, Orono; Michigan, Monroe, Monroe |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 12 |
All 12 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000969, POM00001018, POM00001020, POM00001021, POM00001022, POM00001315, POM00001316, POM00001317, POM00001318, POM00001319, POM00001320, POM00001559.
