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Haralson Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Haralson Apple apple, painted 1873

Haralson is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Minnesota, US (introduced 1923). It was grown primarily for cooking, eating, cider. P Malinda x Wealthy. 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.

CultivarHaralson
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1873
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originMinnesota, Ramsey, Saint Paul
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002262.

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