Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Detroit Red Apple
Detroit Red is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Possibly the US (before 1820). It was grown primarily for eating. Flesh, white, crisp, juicy, subacid. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1840–1860), painted by Amanda Almira Newton and Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Detroit Red |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1860 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Ohio, Summit, Akron; Canada, Saint Catharines |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000706, POM00002982.
