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Dickey Apple

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

Dickey 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; Ohio, Ross, South Salem, painted by Arnold, Mary Daisy, Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarDickey
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1873
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy, Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originVirginia, Arlington; Ohio, Ross, South Salem
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates4

All 4 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002101, POM00002102, POM00002103, POM00002104.

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