Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Yates Apple
Yates Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 4 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Virginia, Bedford, Body Camp; Alabama, Lamar, Vernon; Ohio, Perry, Portersville, painted by Heiges, Bertha, Strange, M., Steadman, Royal Charles b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Yates |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1875 |
| Artist(s) | Heiges, Bertha, Strange, M., Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Bedford, Body Camp; Alabama, Lamar, Vernon; Ohio, Perry, Portersville; Georgia, Habersham, Cornelia |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000919, POM00000920, POM00000921, POM00001130.
