Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Bietigheimer Apple
Bietigheimer is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Germany (before 1870). Fruit very large with russet. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 5 watercolour studies (1840–1875), painted by Ellen Isham Schutt and Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Bietigheimer |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Schutt, Ellen Isham, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | United States; Pennsylvania, Lehigh, Coopersburg; Tennessee, Knox, Knoxville; Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001367, POM00001368, POM00001369, POM00001610, POM00001611.
