Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Apples · USDA pomological watercolour

Murray Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Murray Apple apple, painted c.1886–1942

Murray is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Canada (1980). The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study, painted by Bertha Heiges, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarMurray
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Artist(s)Heiges, Bertha
Specimen originWisconsin, Rock, Janesville
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002762.

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