Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Apples · USDA pomological watercolour

Turley Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Turley Apple apple, painted 1872–1875

Turley is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Indiana, US (introduced 1922.). It was grown primarily for cooking. P Winesap x unknown. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 6 watercolour studies (1872–1875), painted by James Marion Shull and Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarTurley
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1872–1875
Artist(s)Shull, James Marion, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Krieger, L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher)
Specimen originIndiana, Knox, Vincennes; Indiana, Marion, Bridgeport; Maryland, Prince Georges, Beltsville
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates6

All 6 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001233, POM00001234, POM00003710, POM00003712, POM00003713, POM00003714.

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