Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Chenango Apple
Chenango is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in N.Y. US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 72 mm, height 72 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1860–1873), painted by Amanda Almira Newton and Ellen Isham Schutt, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Chenango |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Krieger, L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher) |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington; Michigan, Ingham, East Lansing; Indiana, Allen, New Haven; Pennsylvania, Bradford, Stevensville |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001482, POM00001483, POM00001484, POM00001485.
