Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Black Ben Davis Apple
Black Ben Davis is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Arkansas, US (c. 1800). It was grown primarily for eating. A red mutation of Ben Davis. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1840–1860), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Black Ben Davis |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1860 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Missouri, Pike, Louisiana; Colorado, Fremont, Canon City |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002227, POM00002482.
