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Ivanhoe Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Ivanhoe Apple apple, painted 1838

Ivanhoe 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, Prince Edward, Prospect, painted by Prestele, William Henry. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarIvanhoe
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1838
Artist(s)Prestele, William Henry
Specimen originVirginia, Prince Edward, Prospect
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000416.

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