Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Richards Graft Apple
Richards Graft is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in New York, US (before 1852). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 75 mm, height 59 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 6 watercolour studies (1838–1875), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Richards Graft |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1838–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Prestele, William Henry |
| Specimen origin | New York, Nassau, Sea Cliff; Virginia, Arlington; New York, Columbia, Claverack; New York, Columbia, Ghent |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 6 |
All 6 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003108, POM00003109, POM00003110, POM00003111, POM00003112, POM00003113.
