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Linville Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Linville Apple apple, painted 1875

Linville 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 Ohio, Wayne, Wooster, painted by Steadman, Royal Charles b., Heiges, Bertha. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarLinville
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1875
Artist(s)Steadman, Royal Charles b., Heiges, Bertha
Specimen originOhio, Wayne, Wooster
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates3

All 3 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000021, POM00001944, POM00002035.

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