Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Doctor Apple
Doctor is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Pennsylvania, US (before 1817). It was grown primarily for eating. Flesh tender, juicy, aromatic, subacid. 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 | Doctor |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1860 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | West Virginia, Harrison, Clarksburg; Ohio, Perry, Thornville |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001805, POM00001807, POM00001808.
