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Liveland Raspberry Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Liveland Raspberry Apple apple, painted 1873–1875

Liveland Raspberry — also called Lowland Raspberry — is a very early summer apple of Baltic and Russian origin, introduced to the United States in the later nineteenth century for cold-climate orchards. Pale yellow-white skin flushed with crimson covers tender white flesh often stained pink near the skin. Its hardiness and ornamental colour led the USDA to record it among the early Russian introductions.

CultivarLiveland Raspberry
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1873–1875
Artist(s)Schutt, Ellen Isham, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Steadman, Royal Charles b.
Specimen originCanada, Ottawa; Wisconsin, Winnebago, Oshkosh; Virginia, Arlington; Tennessee, Midway
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates9

All 9 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002564, POM00002565, POM00002566, POM00002567, POM00002568, POM00002709, POM00002710, POM00002711, POM00003555.

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