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Seneca Favorite Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Seneca Favorite Apple apple, painted 1840

Seneca Favorite is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1853). It was grown primarily for eating, cooking.. Stalk is long to medium. 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.

CultivarSeneca Favorite
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originNew York, Ontario, Geneva
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003399.

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