Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Lobo Apple
Lobo Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 7 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Canada, Ottawa; Delaware, Kent, Camden; New Jersey, Middlesex, New Brunswick, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Lobo |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | Canada, Ottawa; Delaware, Kent, Camden; New Jersey, Middlesex, New Brunswick; Vermont, Windham, Putney |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 7 |
All 7 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002712, POM00002713, POM00002714, POM00002715, POM00002716, POM00002717, POM00002718.
