Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Magog Apple
Magog is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Vermont US (before 1876). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 80 mm, height 75 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1840–1860), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Magog |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1860 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Iowa, Monona, Mapleton; Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000234, POM00002758.
