Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Thompson Apple
Thompson is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Iowa, US (before 1892). It was grown primarily for eating. Flesh is white, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, fair to good. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1840), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Thompson |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Massachusetts, Middlesex, Lincoln |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003752.
