Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Quince Apple
Quince is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for cooking. A medium-sized ribbed apple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Quince |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Maine, Franklin, West Farmington; Virginia, Orange, Barboursville |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003080, POM00003081, POM00003082.
