Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Horse Apple
Horse is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in North Carolina, US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for cooking, drying. Width 81–83 mm, height 71–72 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1840), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Horse |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Arkansas, Washington, Lincoln; North Carolina, Haywood, Waynesville |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000395, POM00002460.
