Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Pumpkin Sweet Apple
Pumpkin Sweet is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Connecticut, US (before 1834). It was grown primarily for baking, cooking. A very large sweet apple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1860–1875), painted by Royal Charles b. Steadman and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Pumpkin Sweet |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Steadman, Royal Charles b., Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington; Kansas, Riley, Manhattan |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003071, POM00003072.
