Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Jacobs Sweet Apple
Jacobs Sweet is a heritage apple cultivar from Massachusetts, US. It was grown primarily for eating. A round yellow apple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1840–1875), painted by Bertha Heiges and Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Jacobs Sweet |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Heiges, Bertha, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | New York, New York; Virginia, Arlington; West Virginia, Monroe, Sinks Grove |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000419, POM00000421, POM00000422.
