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Stein Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Stein Apple apple, painted 1860

Stein 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 North Carolina, Wake, Raleigh, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarStein
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originNorth Carolina, Wake, Raleigh
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003543.

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