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Apples · USDA pomological watercolour

Early Harvest Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Early Harvest Apple apple, painted 1872–1875

Early Harvest is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1806). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 58–85 mm, height 39–70 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1872–1875), painted by Ellen Isham Schutt and Royal Charles b. Steadman, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarEarly Harvest
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1872–1875
Artist(s)Schutt, Ellen Isham, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Shull, James Marion
Specimen originMaryland, Prince Georges, College Park; Virginia, Arlington; Virginia, Greenwood
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates4

All 4 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001848, POM00002020, POM00002021, POM00003772.

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