Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Early Strawberry Apple
Early Strawberry is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in New York, US (before 1838). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 58–63 mm, height 49–52 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 5 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Amanda Almira Newton and Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Early Strawberry |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington; Maryland, Harford, Benson; Delaware, Kent, Woodside |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002110, POM00002111, POM00002112, POM00002113, POM00002114.
