Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Red Spy Apple
Red Spy is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in New York, US (introduced 1923). It was grown primarily for cooking. Mutation of Northern Spy. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1872–1873), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and James Marion Shull, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Red Spy |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1872–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Shull, James Marion |
| Specimen origin | New York, Ontario, Geneva |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000716, POM00000718, POM00000720.
