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Cedar Hill Black Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Cedar Hill Black Apple apple, painted 1860

Cedar Hill Black 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 Colorado, Fremont, Canon City, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarCedar Hill Black
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originColorado, Fremont, Canon City
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001744.

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