Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Hoover Apple
Hoover Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 5 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from California, Riverside, Riverside; Virginia, Fairfax; Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Waynesboro, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Hoover |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | California, Riverside, Riverside; Virginia, Fairfax; Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Waynesboro; California, Santa Cruz |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000391, POM00000392, POM00000393, POM00000394, POM00002459.
