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Gray Hills Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Gray Hills Apple apple, painted c.1886–1942

Gray Hills 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 Virginia, Bedford, Curtis, painted by Heiges, Bertha. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarGray Hills
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Artist(s)Heiges, Bertha
Specimen originVirginia, Bedford, Curtis
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002055.

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