Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Cooper Market Apple
Cooper Market Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 4 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from New York, Madison, Oneida; Pennsylvania, Dauphin, Harrisburg; New Jersey, Middlesex, Cranbury, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Lower, Elsie E. b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Cooper Market |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Lower, Elsie E. b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | New York, Madison, Oneida; Pennsylvania, Dauphin, Harrisburg; New Jersey, Middlesex, Cranbury; North Carolina, Watanga, Blowing Rock |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001676, POM00001677, POM00001678, POM00001679.
