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Kentucky Crab Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Kentucky Crab Apple apple, painted 1840

Kentucky Crab 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 Indiana, Orange, Orleans, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarKentucky Crab
SpeciesMalus
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originIndiana, Orange, Orleans
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003584.

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