Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Yates Apple
Yates is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Georgia, US (before 1865). It was grown primarily for eating. A small apple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1875), painted by Bertha Heiges and M. Strange, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Yates |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1875 |
| Artist(s) | Heiges, Bertha, Strange, M., Steadman, Royal Charles b. |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Bedford, Body Camp; Alabama, Lamar, Vernon; Ohio, Perry, Portersville; Georgia, Habersham, Cornelia |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000919, POM00000920, POM00000921, POM00001130.
