Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Summer Pippin Apple
Summer Pippin is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Unknown origin, US, probably New York. (before 1800). It was grown primarily for cooking. Flesh white, tender, moderately juicy, subacid. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1840–1875), painted by Royal Charles b. Steadman and Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Summer Pippin |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington; Maryland, Montgomery; Delaware, Sussex, Milford |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003346, POM00003347, POM00003348.
