Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Sweet Winesap Apple
Sweet Winesap 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 Pennsylvania, Lackawanna, Scranton; Michigan, Lenawee, Holloway, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Heiges, Bertha. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Sweet Winesap |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Heiges, Bertha |
| Specimen origin | Pennsylvania, Lackawanna, Scranton; Michigan, Lenawee, Holloway |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003488, POM00003521, POM00003522.
