Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Stayman Apple
Stayman is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (1866). It was grown primarily for cider, cooking, eating. Dullish red skin often covered with a light russet. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 9 watercolour studies (1872–1875), painted by Royal Charles b. Steadman and James Marion Shull, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Stayman |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1872–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Steadman, Royal Charles b., Shull, James Marion, Schutt, Ellen Isham |
| Specimen origin | Ohio, Wayne, Wooster; Maryland, Montgomery, Ednor; Maryland, Montgomery, Olney; Maryland, Frederick, Frederick |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 9 |
All 9 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000031, POM00000796, POM00001190, POM00003758, POM00003765, POM00003843, POM00003877, POM00003931, POM00003984.
