Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Carlton Apple
Carlton is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Geneva, New York, US (introduced 1923). P Montgomery x Red Astrachan. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1873), painted by L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher) Krieger and Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Carlton |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1873 |
| Artist(s) | Krieger, L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher), Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | New York, Ontario, Geneva |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001578, POM00001579.
