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Ingram Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Ingram Apple apple, painted 1840–1875

Ingram Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 7 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Missouri, Laclede, Lebanon; Virginia, Arlington; Missouri, Jackson, Kansas City, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Steadman, Royal Charles b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarIngram
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1875
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Heiges, Bertha
Specimen originMissouri, Laclede, Lebanon; Virginia, Arlington; Missouri, Jackson, Kansas City; Indiana, Lawrence, Mitchell
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates7

All 7 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000219, POM00000220, POM00000221, POM00000257, POM00000258, POM00000259, POM00000341.

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