Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Apples · USDA pomological watercolour

Honora Apple

The USDA plate for this variety is not available on Wikimedia Commons.

Honora Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. A watercolour study of it survives in the collection, with specimens recorded from Canada, Ottawa, painted by Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarHonora
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1873
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originCanada, Ottawa
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000390.

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