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Flame Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Flame Apple apple, painted 1873

Flame 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 Minnesota, Ramsey, Saint Paul, painted by Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarFlame
SpeciesMalus
Common fruitApple
Painted1873
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originMinnesota, Ramsey, Saint Paul
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000779.

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