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Pride of Tennessee Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Pride of Tennessee Apple apple, painted 1873

Pride of Tennessee 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 Tennessee, Haywood, Stanton, painted by Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarPride of Tennessee
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1873
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originTennessee, Haywood, Stanton
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002986.

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