Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Colton Apple
Colton Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 3 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Virginia, Arlington; Delaware, New Castle, Newark, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Thompson, Harriet L.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Colton |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Thompson, Harriet L. |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington; Delaware, New Castle, Newark |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001795, POM00001796, POM00001797.
