Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Benoni Apple
Benoni is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Massachusetts, US (before 1832). It was grown primarily for eating. A small orange-yellow apple with red overcolour. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 5 watercolour studies (1860–1875), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Benoni |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Heiges, Bertha, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Connecticut, Tolland, Storrs; Virginia, Arlington; Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, McLoud; Alabama, Lee, Auburn |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001540, POM00001541, POM00001542, POM00001543, POM00001544.
