Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Milwaukee Apple
Milwaukee is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Wisconsin, US (before 1899). It was grown primarily for cooking. Width 80 mm, height 65 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1873–1875), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Milwaukee |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1873–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Heiges, Bertha |
| Specimen origin | Montana, Missoula, Missoula; Canada, Fredericton; Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Milwaukee |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002639, POM00002640, POM00002648.
