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Barnes Best Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Barnes Best Apple apple, painted 1840

Barnes Best 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, Marshall, Plymouth, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarBarnes Best
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originIndiana, Marshall, Plymouth
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002647.

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