Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Gladstone Apple
Gladstone is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in England (1780, introduced 1868). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 63–79 mm, height 54–62 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1873–1875), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Gladstone |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1873–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002069, POM00002427.
