Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Bentley Sweet Apple
Bentley Sweet is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Virginia, US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for eating. Flesh sweet. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 6 watercolour studies (1840–1875), painted by Royal Charles b. Steadman and Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Bentley Sweet |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Steadman, Royal Charles b., Arnold, Mary Daisy, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Schutt, Ellen Isham |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington; Indiana, Clay, Knightsville; Illinois, Schuyler, Wayland |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 6 |
All 6 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001547, POM00001548, POM00001549, POM00001550, POM00001589, POM00001592.
