Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Summer Queen Apple
Summer Queen is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1806). It was grown primarily for cooking. Width 68 mm, height 60 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1840–1882), painted by Elsie E. b. Lower and Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Summer Queen |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Lower, Elsie E. b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Alabama, Lee, Auburn; Arkansas, Washington, Lincoln; Tennessee, Midway |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003305, POM00003306, POM00003307, POM00003308.
