Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Munson Sweet Apple
Munson Sweet is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in New England, US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for baking. Width 74 mm, height 59 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1860), painted by Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Munson Sweet |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | New York, Erie, Buffalo; Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002759, POM00002760.
