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Colvert Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Colvert Apple apple, painted 1840

Colvert is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for eating. A large apple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1840), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Bertha Heiges, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarColvert
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Heiges, Bertha
Specimen originNew York, Erie, Buffalo; New York, Onondaga, Syracuse
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001297, POM00001799.

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