Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Deacon Jones Apple
Deacon Jones is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Pennsylvania, US (before 1890). It was grown primarily for eating. Large oblong-conic, ribbed. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1860–1873), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Deacon Jones |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham |
| Specimen origin | Maryland, Garrett, Oakland; New York, Ontario, Geneva; New York, Erie, Buffalo |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001500, POM00001501, POM00001502.
