Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Akin Apple
Akin is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Illinois, US (1831). It was grown primarily for eating. Tree vigorous. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 7 watercolour studies (1840–1875), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Akin |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | Illinois, Lawrence, Sumner; Virginia, Staunton; Ohio, Franklin, Columbus; Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 7 |
All 7 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000938, POM00000940, POM00000941, POM00000955, POM00001341, POM00001342, POM00001343.
