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Cleveland Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Cleveland Apple apple, painted 1840–1882

Cleveland 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 Texas, Denton, Pilot Point; Texas, Lamar, Paris, painted by Lower, Elsie E. b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarCleveland
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1882
Artist(s)Lower, Elsie E. b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originTexas, Denton, Pilot Point; Texas, Lamar, Paris
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001627, POM00001628.

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