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Goodenough Red Spitz Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Goodenough Red Spitz Apple apple, painted 1872

Goodenough Red Spitz 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 Oregon, Hood River, Hood River, painted by Shull, James Marion. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarGoodenough Red Spitz
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1872
Artist(s)Shull, James Marion
Specimen originOregon, Hood River, Hood River
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002041.

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