Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Oliver Apple
Oliver is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Arkansas (before 1873). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 69 mm, height 57 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 6 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Amanda Almira Newton and Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Oliver |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Heiges, Bertha, Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | Missouri, Pike, Louisiana; United States; Massachusetts, Hampden, Wilbraham |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 6 |
All 6 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000449, POM00000450, POM00000451, POM00000452, POM00000453, POM00000454.
