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Green Seek No Further Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Green Seek No Further Apple apple, painted 1840–1873

Green Seek No Further is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in L.I. US (before 1855). It was grown primarily for eating. Flesh white, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, very good. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 3 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarGreen Seek No Further
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1873
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originNew York, New York; Connecticut, Litchfield, West Cornwall; Maryland, Howard, Ellicott City
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates3

All 3 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001255, POM00001256, POM00001257.

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