Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Sharp Apple
Sharp is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Illinois, US (before 1889). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 65 mm, height 48 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1840), painted by Bertha Heiges and Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Sharp |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840 |
| Artist(s) | Heiges, Bertha, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | New York, Erie, Buffalo; Illinois, Sangamon, Farmingdale |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003216, POM00003217.
