Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Garden Royal Apple
Garden Royal is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Sudbury, Massachusetts, US (before 1847). It was grown primarily for eating. A medium-sized roundish-oblate, sometimes slightly conical apple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Amanda Almira Newton and Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Garden Royal |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Maryland, Howard, Brighton; Virginia, Arlington; Massachusetts, Essex, Marlboro |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002166, POM00002167, POM00002191, POM00002194.
