Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Loudoun Pippin Apple
Loudoun Pippin Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 2 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Maryland, Washington, Keedysville; Virginia, Richmond, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Heiges, Bertha. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Loudoun Pippin |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Heiges, Bertha |
| Specimen origin | Maryland, Washington, Keedysville; Virginia, Richmond |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002740, POM00002741.
