Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Buckingham Apple
Buckingham is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US, probably southern states (before 1817). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 87–93 mm, height 67–78 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1840), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Buckingham |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Lynchburg |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001720.
