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Red Cheese Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Red Cheese Apple apple, painted 1860–1873

Red Cheese Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 3 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Virginia, Warren; Virginia, Warren, Arco, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarRed Cheese
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860–1873
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originVirginia, Warren; Virginia, Warren, Arco
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates3

All 3 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003052, POM00003053, POM00003054.

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