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Swaar Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Swaar Apple apple, painted 1840

Swaar Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 2 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from United States; New York, Columbia, Ghent, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Heiges, Bertha. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarSwaar
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Heiges, Bertha
Specimen originUnited States; New York, Columbia, Ghent
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00003691, POM00003692.

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