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Iowa Keeper Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Iowa Keeper Apple apple, painted 1860

Iowa Keeper 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 Iowa, Mills, Glenwood, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarIowa Keeper
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originIowa, Mills, Glenwood
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000344.

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