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Ohio Nonpareil Apple

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

Ohio Nonpareil is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Ohio, US (before 1853). It was grown primarily for cooking, eating, drying. Width 95 mm, height 73 mm. 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.

CultivarOhio Nonpareil
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Artist(s)Heiges, Bertha
Specimen originOhio, Stark, Minerva
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000360.

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