Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Medina Apple
Medina is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Geneva, New York (introduced 1922). It was grown primarily for eating. P Deacon Jones x Delicious. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1872–1873), painted by James Marion Shull and Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Medina |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1872–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Shull, James Marion, Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | New York, Ontario, Geneva |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002867, POM00003559.
