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Cherry Crab Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Cherry Crab Apple apple, painted 1873

Cherry Crab 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 United States, painted by Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarCherry Crab
SpeciesMalus
Common fruitApple
Painted1873
Artist(s)Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originUnited States
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003579.

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