Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Apples · USDA pomological watercolour

Kendall Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Kendall Apple apple, painted 1872–1875

Kendall is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Geneva, New York (introduced 1932). It was grown primarily for eating. P McIntosh x Zusoff. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1872–1875), painted by Royal Charles b. Steadman and Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarKendall
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1872–1875
Artist(s)Steadman, Royal Charles b., Arnold, Mary Daisy, Shull, James Marion
Specimen originNew York, Ontario, Geneva
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates3

All 3 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002027, POM00002028, POM00003265.

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