Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Hawthornden Apple
Hawthornden is a heritage apple cultivar from Scotland. It was grown primarily for cooking. Width 73 mm, height 52 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1860–1873), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Hawthornden |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Rhode Island, Providence, Providence; Arkansas, Sharp, Ash Flat |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002285, POM00002479.
