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Van Foedenberg Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Van Foedenberg Apple apple, painted 1840

Van Foedenberg 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 New York, Orange, Port Jervis, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarVan Foedenberg
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originNew York, Orange, Port Jervis
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003628.

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