Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Pennock Apple
Pennock is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Pennsylvania, US (before 1820). It was grown primarily for cooking. Apple is very large. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Pennock |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | New York, Dutchess, Rhinebeck; Pennsylvania, Luzerne, Sugarloaf; Maine, Penobscot; New Jersey, Monmouth, Tennent |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002922, POM00002923, POM00002924, POM00002925.
