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Blue Russian Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Blue Russian Apple apple, painted 1840

Blue Russian Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. A watercolour study of it survives in the collection, with specimens recorded from Wisconsin, Richland, Ithaca, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarBlue Russian
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originWisconsin, Richland, Ithaca
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001409.

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