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Glen Alpine Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Glen Alpine Apple apple, painted 1840

Glen Alpine 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 Virginia, Bedford, Coleman Falls, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarGlen Alpine
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originVirginia, Bedford, Coleman Falls
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002429.

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