Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Buff Apple
Buff is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1830). It was grown primarily for eating. Very large. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Ellen Isham Schutt, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Buff |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Schutt, Ellen Isham |
| Specimen origin | North Carolina, Yancey, Paint Gap; South Carolina, Oconee, Clemson |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001656, POM00001658.
