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Madonna Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Madonna Apple apple, painted 1840

Madonna 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 Washington, Whitman, Pullman, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarMadonna
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originWashington, Whitman, Pullman
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002752.

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