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Parlin Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Parlin Apple apple, painted 1840–1873

Parlin 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 Maine, Somerset, Madison; Michigan, Van Buren, South Haven, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarParlin
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1873
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originMaine, Somerset, Madison; Michigan, Van Buren, South Haven
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002363, POM00002947.

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