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Fink Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Fink Apple apple, painted 1860–1882

Fink Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 2 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Ohio, Greene, Xenia; Kansas, Reno, Hutchinson, painted by Lower, Elsie E. b., Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarFink
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860–1882
Artist(s)Lower, Elsie E. b., Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originOhio, Greene, Xenia; Kansas, Reno, Hutchinson
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002297, POM00002298.

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