Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Cooper Market Apple
Cooper Market is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Possibly New Jersey, US (before 1804). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 66 mm, height 59 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1840–1882), painted by Amanda Almira Newton and Elsie E. b. Lower, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Cooper Market |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Lower, Elsie E. b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | New York, Madison, Oneida; Pennsylvania, Dauphin, Harrisburg; New Jersey, Middlesex, Cranbury; North Carolina, Watanga, Blowing Rock |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001676, POM00001677, POM00001678, POM00001679.
