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Oconee Greening Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Oconee Greening Apple apple, painted 1840

Oconee Greening 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 Georgia, Jackson, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarOconee Greening
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originGeorgia, Jackson
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000328.

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