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Bietigheimer Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Bietigheimer Apple apple, painted 1840–1875

Bietigheimer Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 5 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from United States; Pennsylvania, Lehigh, Coopersburg; Tennessee, Knox, Knoxville, painted by Schutt, Ellen Isham, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarBietigheimer
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1875
Artist(s)Schutt, Ellen Isham, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originUnited States; Pennsylvania, Lehigh, Coopersburg; Tennessee, Knox, Knoxville; Virginia, Arlington
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates5

All 5 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001367, POM00001368, POM00001369, POM00001610, POM00001611.

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