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Trusling Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Trusling Apple apple, painted c.1886–1942

Trusling 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, Warrick, Chandler, painted by Heiges, Bertha. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarTrusling
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Artist(s)Heiges, Bertha
Specimen originIndiana, Warrick, Chandler
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003610.

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