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Windsor Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Windsor Apple apple, painted 1840–1873

Windsor Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 3 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Wisconsin, Rock, Milton Junction; Iowa, Iowa, Williamsburg, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarWindsor
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1873
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originWisconsin, Rock, Milton Junction; Iowa, Iowa, Williamsburg
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates3

All 3 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000099, POM00002352, POM00004206.

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