Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Primate Apple
Primate is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1830). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 72–94 mm, height 62–76 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 5 watercolour studies (1873–1882), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Primate |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1873–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Lower, Elsie E. b. |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington; New York, Ontario, Geneva; Michigan, Allegan, Douglas |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002992, POM00003040, POM00003069, POM00003070, POM00003861.
