Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
American Beauty Apple
American Beauty is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Massachusetts, US (before 1855). It was grown primarily for eating. Tree vigorous, productive, annual bearer. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | American Beauty |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham |
| Specimen origin | Canada, Trenton; Michigan, Berrien, Benton Harbor; Virginia, Pulaski, Dublin; New York, Monroe, Rochester |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001345, POM00001346, POM00001347, POM00001348.
