Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Duchess of Oldenburg Apple
Duchess of Oldenburg is a hardy Russian apple introduced to the United States in the 1800s and valued in cold regions where few apples survived. Red-striped over yellow, with crisp, juicy, sharply tart flesh, it was chiefly an early-season cooking apple.
| Cultivar | Duchess of Oldenburg |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1872 |
| Artist(s) | Shull, James Marion |
| Specimen origin | Indiana, Knox, Vincennes; Michigan, Berrien, Saint Joseph |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000795, POM00000965.
