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Charlamoff Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Charlamoff Apple apple, painted 1882

Charlamoff is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Russia (before 1880). It was grown primarily for eating. Yellow with red flush. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1882), painted by Elsie E. b. Lower, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarCharlamoff
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1882
Artist(s)Lower, Elsie E. b.
Specimen originMinnesota, Hennepin, Wayzata
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001756.

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