Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Windsor Apple
Windsor is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1889). It was grown primarily for eating. Flesh is juicy, aromatic, good to very good. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Windsor |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham |
| Specimen origin | Wisconsin, Rock, Milton Junction; Iowa, Iowa, Williamsburg |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000099, POM00002352, POM00004206.
