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Chenango Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Chenango Apple apple, painted 1860–1873

Chenango Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 4 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Virginia, Arlington; Michigan, Ingham, East Lansing; Indiana, Allen, New Haven, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarChenango
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860–1873
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Krieger, L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher)
Specimen originVirginia, Arlington; Michigan, Ingham, East Lansing; Indiana, Allen, New Haven; Pennsylvania, Bradford, Stevensville
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates4

All 4 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001482, POM00001483, POM00001484, POM00001485.

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