Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Baltimore Apple
Baltimore is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1860). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 78 mm, height 62 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 7 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Baltimore |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Schutt, Ellen Isham |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington; Ohio, Wayne, Wooster; Iowa, Cass, Anita; Colorado, Delta, Paonia |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 7 |
All 7 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001305, POM00001306, POM00001307, POM00001308, POM00001309, POM00001310, POM00001311.
