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Galweiler Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Galweiler Apple apple, painted 1840

Galweiler 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 Oklahoma, Oklahoma, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarGalweiler
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originOklahoma, Oklahoma
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001909.

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