Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
White Doctor Apple
White Doctor is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Pennsylvania, US (before 1875). It was grown primarily for cooking. A large greenish-yellow apple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1840–1875), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | White Doctor |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | New York, New York; Pennsylvania, Lehigh, Allentown; Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00004121, POM00004122, POM00004124.
