Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Fanny Apple
Fanny is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Pennsylvania, US (before 1869). It was grown primarily for eating. A bright red fruit of good dessert quality. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1873–1875), painted by Ellen Isham Schutt and Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Fanny |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1873–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Schutt, Ellen Isham, Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | Tennessee, Haywood, Stanton; Virginia, Arlington; New York, Monroe, Hilton |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002022, POM00002289, POM00002290.
