Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Ontario Apple
Ontario is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Ontario, Canada (Cross made 1820. Introduced 1882.). It was grown primarily for eating, cooking, juice. P Wagener x Northern Spy. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1860–1875), painted by Amanda Almira Newton and Bertha Heiges, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Ontario |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Heiges, Bertha, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | Canada, Fredericton; Pennsylvania, Beaver, Rochester; Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000605, POM00000607, POM00000608, POM00000609.
