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Hartford Rose Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Hartford Rose Apple apple, painted 1840

Hartford Rose 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 New York, Chautauqua, Sheridan, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarHartford Rose
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originNew York, Chautauqua, Sheridan
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002269.

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