Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Surprise Apple
Surprise is a heritage apple cultivar from Possibly the US. It was grown primarily for eating. A small apple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 5 watercolour studies (1872–1882), painted by Elsie E. b. Lower and Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Surprise |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1872–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Lower, Elsie E. b., Arnold, Mary Daisy, Heiges, Bertha, Shull, James Marion |
| Specimen origin | Michigan, Ingham, East Lansing; Michigan, Allegan, Douglas; Colorado, Montrose, Montrose; Oregon |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003634, POM00003635, POM00003636, POM00003637, POM00003638.
