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Abram Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Abram Apple apple, painted 1840

Abram is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1755). It was grown primarily for cooking, eating. A small apple with red flush. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1840), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarAbram
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originNorth Carolina, Forsyth, Tobaccoville
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001182.

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