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Kinnard Apple

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

Kinnard — Kinnard's Choice — is a dark-red winter apple from Tennessee, dating to the mid-nineteenth century and reputed to be a seedling of Winesap. Firm and richly flavoured with good keeping quality, it was grown across the Upper South for market and storage. It survives in the USDA watercolours as one of the region's nineteenth-century apples.

CultivarKinnard
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840–1875
Artist(s)Heiges, Bertha, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originVirginia, Amherst, Coolwell; South Carolina, Oconee, Clemson; California, Santa Cruz, Watsonville; North Carolina, Haywood, Canton
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002373, POM00002374, POM00002375, POM00002421, POM00002422, POM00002423, POM00002424, POM00002425, POM00002426, POM00002433, POM00002526, POM00002527, POM00002528.

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