Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Summer Spitzenburg Apple
Summer Spitzenburg is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in New York, US (before 1872). It was grown primarily for eating. Flesh is juicy, aromatic, good to very good. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Ellen Isham Schutt and Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Summer Spitzenburg |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Schutt, Ellen Isham, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Indiana, La Porte, La Porte; Washington, Pierce, Puyallup |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003631, POM00003632.
