Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Lansingburg Apple
Lansingburg 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 Virginia, Danville; Ohio, Ross, Chillicothe; New Mexico, Eddy, Artesia, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Heiges, Bertha, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Lansingburg |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Heiges, Bertha, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Danville; Ohio, Ross, Chillicothe; New Mexico, Eddy, Artesia; Kentucky, Madison, Berea |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002514, POM00002515, POM00002516, POM00002517.
