Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Newtown Apple
Newtown Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 25 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Virginia, Winchester; Oregon, Hood River; Virginia, Franklin, Callaway, painted by Shull, James Marion. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Newtown |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1872 |
| Artist(s) | Shull, James Marion |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Winchester; Oregon, Hood River; Virginia, Franklin, Callaway; California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 25 |
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000892, POM00001226, POM00001270, POM00002195, POM00002809, POM00002810, POM00002811, POM00002812, POM00002933, POM00002934, POM00002935, POM00003487, POM00003657, POM00003658, POM00003659, POM00003660, POM00003661, POM00003763, POM00003770, POM00003880, POM00003945, POM00003981, POM00003999, POM00004000, POM00004037.
