Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
McAfee Apple
McAfee is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Kentucky, US (before 1870). It was grown primarily for eating. Once thought to be lost forever, rediscovered in 2018 in Idaho. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1860–1873), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and Ellen Isham Schutt, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | McAfee |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Pennsylvania, Luzerne, Pittston; Colorado, Mesa, Grand Junction; West Virginia, Marion, Mannington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001827, POM00002826, POM00002827, POM00002828.
