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Puritan Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Puritan Apple apple, painted 1875

Puritan 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 California, Humboldt, Ettersburg, painted by Steadman, Royal Charles b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarPuritan
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1875
Artist(s)Steadman, Royal Charles b.
Specimen originCalifornia, Humboldt, Ettersburg
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003073.

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