Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Fallawater Apple
Fallawater is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Pennsylvania, US (before 1842). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 88 mm, height 70 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 5 watercolour studies (1840–1875), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Fallawater |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Schutt, Ellen Isham |
| Specimen origin | Maryland, Baltimore, Lutherville; New York, Onondaga, Syracuse; Virginia, Arlington; Wisconsin, Racine, Racine |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001992, POM00001993, POM00001994, POM00001995, POM00001996.
