Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Clayton Apple
Clayton Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 6 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from New York, Ontario, Geneva; Missouri, Boone, Columbia; Indiana, Sullivan, Greencastle, painted by Schutt, Ellen Isham, Heiges, Bertha, Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Clayton |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Schutt, Ellen Isham, Heiges, Bertha, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | New York, Ontario, Geneva; Missouri, Boone, Columbia; Indiana, Sullivan, Greencastle; Indiana, Marion, Indianapolis |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 6 |
All 6 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001707, POM00001708, POM00001709, POM00001710, POM00001711, POM00001712.
