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Apples · USDA pomological watercolour

Garden Sweet Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Garden Sweet Apple apple, painted 1873

Garden Sweet is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in New England, US (before 1875). It was grown primarily for cooking. Stalk short and small. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1873), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarGarden Sweet
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1873
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originMaine, Hancock, East Orland
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002168.

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