Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Fourth of July Apple
Fourth of July is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Germany (before 1875). It was grown primarily for cooking, eating. Flesh white, juicy, subacid, good. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1873), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and Bertha Heiges, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Fourth of July |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1873 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Heiges, Bertha |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington; Delaware, Kent, Camden |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002156, POM00002608.
