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Wallace Howard Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Wallace Howard Apple apple, painted 1840–1875

Wallace Howard Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 5 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Georgia, Floyd, Rome; New York, Ontario, Geneva; Virginia, Arlington, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarWallace Howard
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1875
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Steadman, Royal Charles b.
Specimen originGeorgia, Floyd, Rome; New York, Ontario, Geneva; Virginia, Arlington
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates5

All 5 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00004110, POM00004111, POM00004112, POM00004114, POM00004115.

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