Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Moore Extra Apple
Moore Extra is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Ohio, US (before 1870). It was grown primarily for eating.. Flesh is yellow, juicy, tender, subacid, very good. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1838–1875), painted by William Henry Prestele and Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Moore Extra |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1838–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Prestele, William Henry, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Ohio, Lawrence, Ensee; Virginia, Arlington; Maryland, Caroline, Denton |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000347, POM00002694, POM00002695.
