Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Golden Sweet Apple
Golden Sweet is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Connecticut, US (before 1832). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 76–79 mm, height 59–63 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1860–1875), painted by Royal Charles b. Steadman and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Golden Sweet |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Steadman, Royal Charles b., Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington; Tennessee, Montgomery, Clarksville; Rhode Island, Providence, Providence |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001883, POM00002082, POM00002083.
