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Dudley Winter Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Dudley Winter Apple apple, painted 1840

Dudley Winter is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Castle Hill, Maine, US (19th century). It was grown primarily for cooking, eating. A medium-sized oblate apple with greenish-yellow skin covered with red stripes over. 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.

CultivarDudley Winter
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originMaine, Penobscot, Orono
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000193.

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