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Apples · USDA pomological watercolour

Patricia Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Patricia Apple apple, painted 1873

Patricia is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Ontario, Canada (Selected 1920). It was grown primarily for eating. P McIntosh x unknown. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1873), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarPatricia
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1873
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originNew York, Ontario, Geneva
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00002952.

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