Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Black Oxford Apple
Black Oxford is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Maine, US (before 1870). It was grown primarily for eating. Flesh white, dry, subacid, good. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Bertha Heiges and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Black Oxford |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Heiges, Bertha, Newton, Amanda Almira, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Maine, Cumberland, North Bridgton; Maine, Androscoggin, Greene; Iowa, Polk, Des Moines |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001387, POM00001388, POM00001389, POM00001390.
