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Blk. Twig Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Blk. Twig Apple apple, painted 1872

Blk. Twig 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 Illinois, Johnson, Ozark, painted by Shull, James Marion. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarBlk. Twig
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1872
Artist(s)Shull, James Marion
Specimen originIllinois, Johnson, Ozark
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003970.

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