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Warners King Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Warners King Apple apple, painted 1860

Warners King is a heritage apple cultivar from Kent, England. It was grown primarily for cooking. Oblong and light green. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1860), painted by Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarWarners King
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originCanada, Kentville
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003462.

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