Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Poorhouse Apple
Poorhouse is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Kentucky, US (before 1880). It was grown primarily for eating. Flesh yellow, juicy, subacid. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1840–1875), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Poorhouse |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Georgia, Jackson; Georgia, Clarke, Athens; Georgia, Richmond, Augusta |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000672, POM00000673, POM00000674.
