Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Whitney Russet Apple
Whitney Russet is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 67 mm, height 52 mm. 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 | Whitney Russet |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | Tennessee, Knox, Knoxville; Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00004050, POM00004051, POM00004052.
