Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Somerset Apple
Somerset is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1869). It was grown primarily for eating. Tree is an early bearer. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1840), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Somerset |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Maine, Somerset, East New Portland |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003366.
