Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Cannon Pearmain Apple
Cannon Pearmain is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Possibly North Carolina, US (before 1851). It was grown primarily for eating. A medium size, yellow apple with red flush. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1860), painted by Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Cannon Pearmain |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | West Virginia, Mineral, Keyser |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001570.
