Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

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Coreless & Seedless Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Coreless & Seedless Apple apple, painted 1840–1873

Coreless & Seedless 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 California; California, Los Angeles, Downey; New York, Kings, Brooklyn, painted by Arnold, Mary Daisy, Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarCoreless & Seedless
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1873
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy, Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originCalifornia; California, Los Angeles, Downey; New York, Kings, Brooklyn
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates4

All 4 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001684, POM00001685, POM00001686, POM00003396.

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