Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

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Farthing Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Farthing Apple apple, painted 1860–1875

Farthing 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 Ohio, Wayne, Wooster; North Carolina, Guilford, painted by Steadman, Royal Charles b., Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarFarthing
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860–1875
Artist(s)Steadman, Royal Charles b., Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originOhio, Wayne, Wooster; North Carolina, Guilford
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates3

All 3 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000025, POM00001897, POM00002291.

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