Assorted apples, crab apples and cherries together – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Assorted apples, crab apples and cherries together, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Assorted apples, crab apples and cherries together
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Few subjects in American horticultural art were as popular as fruit arranged on a table, and this picture pairs apples with crab apples and cherries in one composition. Its appeal lies in the contrast: the larger, glossier apples sit alongside smaller, tarter crab apples and bright cherries, showing how many fruits a grower or home gardener might have had on hand in a single season. Pomological illustrations like this were often used to catalog varieties for nurserymen and farm readers, who relied on accurate color and shape to tell one fruit from another. Looking closely, the differences in size, skin tone, and stem length carry as much information as the arrangement itself.
| Original scan | 1,757 × 2,700 px · prints to 6 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | USDA Apples k5339-3 |
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