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Fall Wine Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Fall Wine Apple apple, painted 1840–1875

Fall Wine is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1800). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 75 mm, height 56 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1840–1875), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarFall Wine
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1875
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Steadman, Royal Charles b.
Specimen originNebraska, Johnson, Tecumseh; Virginia, Arlington; Arkansas, Van Buren, Latham
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates4

All 4 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001895, POM00001988, POM00001989, POM00001990.

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