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Grahams Royal Jubilee Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Grahams Royal Jubilee Apple apple, painted 1873

Grahams Royal Jubilee 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 Montana, Missoula, Missoula, painted by Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarGrahams Royal Jubilee
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1873
Artist(s)Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originMontana, Missoula, Missoula
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000880.

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