Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Clayton Apple
Clayton is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Indiana, US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for cooking. Width 84 mm, height 70 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 6 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Ellen Isham Schutt and Bertha Heiges, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Clayton |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Schutt, Ellen Isham, Heiges, Bertha, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | New York, Ontario, Geneva; Missouri, Boone, Columbia; Indiana, Sullivan, Greencastle; Indiana, Marion, Indianapolis |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 6 |
All 6 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001707, POM00001708, POM00001709, POM00001710, POM00001711, POM00001712.
