Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Apples · USDA pomological watercolour

Golden Ball Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Golden Ball Apple apple, painted 1860

Golden Ball is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Connecticut, US (before 1880). It was grown primarily for eating. A large apple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1860), painted by Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarGolden Ball
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originOregon, Multnomah
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000183.

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