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Stayman Winesap Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Stayman Winesap Apple apple, painted 1860–1875

Stayman Winesap Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 20 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Maryland, Kent, Coleman; Idaho, Canyon, Nampa; Rhode Island, Newport, Newport, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Heiges, Bertha. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarStayman Winesap
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860–1875
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Heiges, Bertha, Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originMaryland, Kent, Coleman; Idaho, Canyon, Nampa; Rhode Island, Newport, Newport; Virginia, Winchester
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates20

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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000348, POM00002501, POM00002502, POM00002503, POM00003414, POM00003415, POM00003416, POM00003417, POM00003418, POM00003422, POM00003460, POM00003501, POM00003502, POM00003503, POM00003532, POM00003591, POM00003592, POM00003593, POM00003594, POM00003595.

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