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Crimson Bramley Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Crimson Bramley Apple apple, painted 1860

Crimson Bramley is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Nottinghamshire, England (1913). It was grown primarily for cooking. A red mutation(sport) of Bramley. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1860), painted by Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarCrimson Bramley
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originCanada
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001863.

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