Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Foote Apple
Foote is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Mass. US (before 1875). It was grown primarily for eating. Flesh firm, juicy, aromatic, subacid, very good. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1875), painted by Bertha Heiges and Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Foote |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1875 |
| Artist(s) | Heiges, Bertha, Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | New Jersey, Hunterdon, Sergeantsville; Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002318, POM00002319.
