Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Late Strawberry Apple
Late Strawberry is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Aurora, New York, US (before 1848). It was grown primarily for eating. Whitish with red flush. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Amanda Almira Newton and Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Late Strawberry |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | North Carolina, Wilkes, Oakwoods; Massachusetts, Worcester, Worcester; Ohio, Fairfield |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002511, POM00002604, POM00002605.
