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Pryor Red Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Pryor Red Apple apple, painted 1840

Pryor Red is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Virginia, US (before 1830). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 80 mm, height 62 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1840), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarPryor Red
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originGeorgia, Fulton, Atlanta
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003007.

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