Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Beach Apple
Beach is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Arkansas, US (before 1898). It was grown primarily for eating. A yellow apple with red overcolor, medium size. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1873), painted by Bertha Heiges and Ellen Isham Schutt, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Beach |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1873 |
| Artist(s) | Heiges, Bertha, Schutt, Ellen Isham |
| Specimen origin | West Virginia, Morgan, Paw Paw; Utah, Emery, Green River; Colorado, Mesa, Palisades |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001456, POM00001458, POM00001459, POM00001462.
