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Brady Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Brady Apple apple, painted 1838

Brady 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 Iowa, Lee, Denmark, painted by Prestele, William Henry. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarBrady
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1838
Artist(s)Prestele, William Henry
Specimen originIowa, Lee, Denmark
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001434.

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