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Grise Dieppois Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Grise Dieppois Apple apple, painted 1882

Grise Dieppois 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, painted by Lower, Elsie E. b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarGrise Dieppois
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1882
Artist(s)Lower, Elsie E. b.
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002240.

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