Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Orleans Apple
Orleans is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Geneva, New York, US (introduced 1924). It was grown primarily for eating. P Deacon Jones x Delicious. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1872), painted by James Marion Shull, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Orleans |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1872 |
| Artist(s) | Shull, James Marion |
| Specimen origin | Pennsylvania, Bradford, Stevensville |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000431.
