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No Core Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the No Core Apple apple, painted 1860

No Core 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 Pennsylvania, Indiana, Homer City, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarNo Core
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originPennsylvania, Indiana, Homer City
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000583.

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