Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Western Beauty Apple
Western Beauty is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for cooking, eating. Width 89 mm, height 74 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1840–1875), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Western Beauty |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | New York, Ontario, Geneva; Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003699, POM00003700, POM00003701, POM00003702.
