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Chester Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Chester Apple apple, painted 1840

Chester is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Pennsylvania, US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for eating. Medium size. 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.

CultivarChester
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originOhio, Madison, London
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001687.

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