Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Shockley Apple
Shockley is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Jackson County, Georgia, United States (1852). It was grown primarily for eating, preserves. Width 64 mm, height 59 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1840–1860), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Shockley |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1860 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Maryland, Prince Georges, College Park; Nebraska, Otoe, Nebraska City; North Carolina, Oak Ridge |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003228, POM00003321, POM00003325, POM00003326.
