Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Limbertwig Apple
Limbertwig is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Virginia, US (before 1800). It was grown primarily for cooking, eating.. Width 78 mm, height 65 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 6 watercolour studies (1860–1875), painted by Royal Charles b. Steadman and Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Limbertwig |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Steadman, Royal Charles b., Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham |
| Specimen origin | North Carolina, Wilkes, Oakwoods; North Carolina, Wake, Raleigh; Delaware, Kent, Magnolia; Oregon, Hood River, Hood River |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 6 |
All 6 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001948, POM00001949, POM00001950, POM00001951, POM00001952, POM00004040.
