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Ozone Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Ozone Apple apple, painted 1860–1873

Ozone Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 2 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Arizona, Coconino, Tuba City; Delaware, Kent, Camden, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarOzone
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860–1873
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originArizona, Coconino, Tuba City; Delaware, Kent, Camden
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000657, POM00000658.

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