Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Evening Party Apple
Evening Party is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1860). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 68 mm, height 52 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 5 watercolour studies (1840–1875), painted by Royal Charles b. Steadman and Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Evening Party |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington; Ohio, Fairfield; Ohio, Muskingum, Zanesville; Illinois, Sangamon, Farmingdale |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001965, POM00001966, POM00001967, POM00001968, POM00001969.
