Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Williams Apple
Williams — Williams' Favorite — is an early-summer apple from Roxbury, Massachusetts, grown by the early nineteenth century. Long and oval with glossy dark-red, almost purple skin, it ripens well ahead of the main crop and was valued as a handsome early market apple. Its showy colour and seasonality made it a useful subject for USDA painters recording the season's first varieties.
| Cultivar | Williams |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | Delaware, Kent, Wyoming; Ohio, Wayne, Wooster; Connecticut; Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 11 |
All 11 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000516, POM00000518, POM00000519, POM00000520, POM00000521, POM00000522, POM00000524, POM00001000, POM00001004, POM00001005, POM00003841.
