Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Tompkins King Apple
The Tompkins King (King of Tompkins County) is a large 19th-century American apple, thought to have come from New Jersey and popularised in Tompkins County, New York. Handsomely red-striped over yellow, with coarse, juicy, sweet-tart flesh, it was valued for both dessert and cooking.
| Cultivar | Tompkins King |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Heiges, Bertha, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | Pennsylvania, Lawrence, Fayette; Maryland, Carroll, Copperville; Canada, Kings, Wolfville; New York, Columbia, Ghent |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 12 |
All 12 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003620, POM00003621, POM00003622, POM00003623, POM00003811, POM00003812, POM00004059, POM00004060, POM00004061, POM00004062, POM00004063, POM00004064.
