Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Pewaukee Apple
Pewaukee is a heritage apple cultivar from Wisconsin, US. It was grown primarily for eating. Tree vigorous. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1840–1875), painted by Royal Charles b. Steadman and Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Pewaukee |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Illinois, Champaign, Urbana; Ohio, Ross, South Salem; Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Ephrata; Colorado, Montezuma, Dolores |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000663, POM00000664, POM00000665, POM00000666.
