Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
London Sweet Apple
London Sweet is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Dayton, Ohio, US (before 1860). It was grown primarily for eating. A yellow apple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1840–1860), painted by Amanda Almira Newton and Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | London Sweet |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1860 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Maryland, Howard, Ellicott City; Pennsylvania, Juniata, Oakland Mills; Kansas, Riley, Manhattan |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002724, POM00002725, POM00002726.
