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Apples · USDA pomological watercolour

Nyack Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Nyack Apple apple, painted 1860

Nyack is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in New York, US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for eating. Flesh white, juicy, acid, rich. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1860), painted by Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarNyack
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originDelaware, Sussex, Milford
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000323.

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