Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Ewalt Apple
Ewalt is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Pennsylvania, US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for eating. A large apple, yellow with red flush. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 5 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Amanda Almira Newton and Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Ewalt |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | New York, Onondaga, Syracuse; Pennsylvania, Lawrence, New Wilmington; Pennsylvania, Luzerne, Alderson; Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001970, POM00001971, POM00001972, POM00001973, POM00001974.
