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Summer Extra Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Summer Extra Apple apple, painted 1840–1875

Summer Extra Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 5 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Virginia, Arlington; Kansas, Neosho, Thayer, painted by Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarSummer Extra
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1875
Artist(s)Steadman, Royal Charles b., Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originVirginia, Arlington; Kansas, Neosho, Thayer
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates5

All 5 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000033, POM00003337, POM00003338, POM00003452, POM00003453.

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