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Babbitt Apple

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

Babbitt Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 7 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Ohio, Wayne, Wooster; Ohio, Fairfield; Illinois, Cumberland, Neoga, painted by Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarBabbitt
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1875
Artist(s)Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originOhio, Wayne, Wooster; Ohio, Fairfield; Illinois, Cumberland, Neoga; Kansas, Doniphan, Troy
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates7

All 7 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000017, POM00000910, POM00000911, POM00000912, POM00000913, POM00000914, POM00000915.

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