Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Starr Apple
Starr is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in New Jersey, US (before 1870). It was grown primarily for cooking. Flesh is whitish, subacid. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1875), painted by Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Starr |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1875 |
| Artist(s) | Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | New Jersey, Burlington, Moorestown; New Jersey, Burlington, Riverton |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003158, POM00003159.
