Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
York Stripe Apple
York Stripe Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 5 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Virginia, Winchester; Montana, Missoula, Missoula; Kansas, Riley, Manhattan, painted by Lower, Elsie E. b., Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | York Stripe |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Lower, Elsie E. b., Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Winchester; Montana, Missoula, Missoula; Kansas, Riley, Manhattan |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000936, POM00000937, POM00001030, POM00001031, POM00001186.
