Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Apples · USDA pomological watercolour

Indo Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Indo Apple apple, painted 1875

Indo is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Japan (before 1930). It was grown primarily for eating. Flesh greenis-yellow, sweet, very firm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1875), painted by Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarIndo
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1875
Artist(s)Steadman, Royal Charles b.
Specimen originJapan, Kuroishi; Japan
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000217, POM00000218.

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