Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Park Apple
Park is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in New York, US (before 1870). It was grown primarily for eating. Flesh is yellowish, firm, juicy, subacid, aromatic, very good. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study, painted by Bertha Heiges, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Park |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Artist(s) | Heiges, Bertha |
| Specimen origin | New York, Westchester, Mount Kisco |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002353.
