Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Muster Apple
Muster is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Indianapolis, US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for cooking, eating. Flesh is yellow, juicy, subacid, aromatic. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 5 watercolour studies (1860–1875), painted by Amanda Almira Newton and Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Muster |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002763, POM00002764, POM00002765, POM00002766, POM00002767.
