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Fall Wine Apple

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

Fall Wine Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 4 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Nebraska, Johnson, Tecumseh; Virginia, Arlington; Arkansas, Van Buren, Latham, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Steadman, Royal Charles b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarFall Wine
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1875
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Steadman, Royal Charles b.
Specimen originNebraska, Johnson, Tecumseh; Virginia, Arlington; Arkansas, Van Buren, Latham
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates4

All 4 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001895, POM00001988, POM00001989, POM00001990.

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