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Hyslop Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Hyslop Apple apple, painted 1840–1875

Hyslop 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 Michigan, Lenawee, Adrian; Colorado, Chaffee, Salida; Michigan, Van Buren, South Haven, painted by Swann, Eliza C., Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Steadman, Royal Charles b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarHyslop
SpeciesMalus
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1875
Artist(s)Swann, Eliza C., Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Steadman, Royal Charles b.
Specimen originMichigan, Lenawee, Adrian; Colorado, Chaffee, Salida; Michigan, Van Buren, South Haven
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates3

All 3 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003581, POM00003582, POM00003817.

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