Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Bonum Apple
Bonum is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (1828). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 77 mm, height 57 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1840–1860), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Bonum |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1860 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | United States; Pennsylvania, Franklin, Saint Thomas; West Virginia, Monroe, Sinks Grove |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001524, POM00001525, POM00001528.
