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Waterman Sweet Apple

Historical USDA watercolour of the Waterman Sweet Apple apple, painted 1840

Waterman Sweet is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1875). It was grown primarily for eating. Yellow with red flush. 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.

CultivarWaterman Sweet
SpeciesMalus domestica
Common fruitApple
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originConnecticut, Litchfield, West Cornwall
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00003470.

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