Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Mattamuskeet Apple
Mattamuskeet Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 3 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Maryland, Prince Georges, College Park; Virginia, Richmond; Maryland, Caroline, Denton, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Heiges, Bertha, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Mattamuskeet |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Heiges, Bertha, Schutt, Ellen Isham |
| Specimen origin | Maryland, Prince Georges, College Park; Virginia, Richmond; Maryland, Caroline, Denton |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000256, POM00002787, POM00002788.
