Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Kaighn Apple
Kaighn is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Gloucester County, New Jersey, US (before 1830). It was grown primarily for cooking, drying. Flesh yellow, juicy, tender. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1840–1875), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Kaighn |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | United States; Oregon, Union, Union; Pennsylvania, Dauphin, Harrisburg; Pennsylvania, Bedford, Osterburg |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002612, POM00002613, POM00002614, POM00002615.
