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Winter Calleville Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Winter Calleville Apple apple, painted 1840

Winter Calleville Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 2 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Austria, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarWinter Calleville
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originAustria
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001127, POM00001128.

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