Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Franklin Apple
Franklin is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Ohio, US (introduced 1937). It was grown primarily for eating. P McIntosh x Delicious. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1882), painted by Elsie E. b. Lower, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Franklin |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1882 |
| Artist(s) | Lower, Elsie E. b. |
| Specimen origin | Maryland, Howard, Brighton |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002159.
