Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Alexander Apple
Alexander is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Russia (before 1800). It was grown primarily for eating, cooking, baking, drying. A very large apple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1873), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Alexander |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1873 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | West Virginia, Upshur, French Creek; Montana, Missoula, Missoula |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000952, POM00000953.
