Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Red Canada Apple
Red Canada Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 8 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Michigan, Benzie, Elberta; Michigan, Oakland, Farmington; Pennsylvania, Bradford, Towanda, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Steadman, Royal Charles b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Red Canada |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Lower, Elsie E. b. |
| Specimen origin | Michigan, Benzie, Elberta; Michigan, Oakland, Farmington; Pennsylvania, Bradford, Towanda; New York, Tompkins, Ithaca |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 8 |
All 8 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002971, POM00002972, POM00002973, POM00002974, POM00002975, POM00002976, POM00003032, POM00003033.
