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Buff Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Buff Apple apple, painted 1840–1873

Buff 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 North Carolina, Yancey, Paint Gap; South Carolina, Oconee, Clemson, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarBuff
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1873
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originNorth Carolina, Yancey, Paint Gap; South Carolina, Oconee, Clemson
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001656, POM00001658.

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