Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Early Joe Apple
Early Joe is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in New York US (before 1843). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 61 mm, height 46 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1840), painted by M. Strange and Bertha Heiges, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Early Joe |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840 |
| Artist(s) | Strange, M., Heiges, Bertha, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Pennsylvania, Lancaster; New York, Ontario, Mertensia; Ohio, Ross, South Salem |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001503, POM00001504, POM00001505.
