Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Paragon Apple
Paragon is a large, dark-red winter apple from Tennessee, grown by the mid-nineteenth century and closely related to — and often considered identical with — Mammoth Black Twig. A firm, sub-acid Winesap-type apple, it keeps well into spring and was valued as a southern market and storage variety. Its commercial standing placed it among the apples the USDA documented.
| Cultivar | Paragon |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Heiges, Bertha, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira, Lower, Elsie E. b. |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Jefferson, Millville; Virginia, Arlington; West Virginia, Morgan, Paw Paw; Maryland, Baltimore Independent City, Baltimore |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 14 |
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002346, POM00002817, POM00002818, POM00002936, POM00002937, POM00002938, POM00002939, POM00002940, POM00002941, POM00002942, POM00002943, POM00002944, POM00002945, POM00003495.
