Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Cranberry Pippin Apple
Cranberry Pippin is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in New York, US (before 1840). It was grown primarily for cooking. Large yellow apple with red flush. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1840–1860), painted by Amanda Almira Newton and Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Cranberry Pippin |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1860 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | New Hampshire, Hillsborough, Wilton; Canada, Saint Catharines |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001460, POM00001847, POM00001858.
