Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Apples · USDA pomological watercolour

Golden Sweet Apple

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

Golden Sweet 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; Tennessee, Montgomery, Clarksville; Rhode Island, Providence, Providence, painted by Steadman, Royal Charles b., Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarGolden Sweet
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860–1875
Artist(s)Steadman, Royal Charles b., Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originVirginia, Arlington; Tennessee, Montgomery, Clarksville; Rhode Island, Providence, Providence
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates3

All 3 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001883, POM00002082, POM00002083.

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