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Sharon Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Sharon Apple apple, painted 1873

Sharon 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 Iowa, Story, Ames, painted by Krieger, L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher). The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarSharon
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1873
Artist(s)Krieger, L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher)
Specimen originIowa, Story, Ames
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003214.

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