Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Boiken Apple
Boiken is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Bremen, Germany (1828). It was grown primarily for cooking, drying, juice. Culinary apple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1840–1875), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Boiken |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | Pennsylvania, Bradford, Athens; New York, Orleans; New Jersey, Hudson, Jersey City; Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001520, POM00001521, POM00001522, POM00001523.
