Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Apples · USDA pomological watercolour

Yopp Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Yopp Apple apple, painted 1875

Yopp is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Georgia, US (before 1857). It was grown primarily for eating. Flesh is white, tender, juicy, subacid, good. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1875), painted by Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarYopp
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1875
Artist(s)Steadman, Royal Charles b.
Specimen originVirginia, Arlington
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001003.

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