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Green Seek No Further Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Green Seek No Further Apple apple, painted 1840–1873

Green Seek No Further Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 3 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from New York, New York; Connecticut, Litchfield, West Cornwall; Maryland, Howard, Ellicott City, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarGreen Seek No Further
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1873
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originNew York, New York; Connecticut, Litchfield, West Cornwall; Maryland, Howard, Ellicott City
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates3

All 3 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001255, POM00001256, POM00001257.

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