Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Hoover Apple
Hoover is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in South Carolina, US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 79 mm, height 63 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 5 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Hoover |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | California, Riverside, Riverside; Virginia, Fairfax; Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Waynesboro; California, Santa Cruz |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000391, POM00000392, POM00000393, POM00000394, POM00002459.
