Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Red Twenty-Ounce Apple
Red Twenty-Ounce Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. A watercolour study of it survives in the collection, with specimens recorded from New York, Ontario, Geneva, painted by Krieger, L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher). The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Red Twenty-Ounce |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1873 |
| Artist(s) | Krieger, L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher) |
| Specimen origin | New York, Ontario, Geneva |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003005.
