For Christmas, my friend Alyse made me a gift that combined my interest in apples, my enjoyment of her art, and a research project we’re embarking on together. She scanned a page from a nineteenth-century nursery catalog and painted a shiawassee apple on it in the style of USDA pomological watercolors.
She based the apple on a c. 1911 watercolor by Ellen Isham Schutt.
Here’s hoping your holidays are a blend of all your favorite things and good friends and family.
Happy Holidays!
Pommel Cyder 
Hey Mark! I hope you had a great Christmas! I’ve got 5 Shiawassee Beauties planted in my orchard(assuming the deer don’t eat them all before they can bear fruit). Love the print! Thanks for sharing this little bit of history!
Pat
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Pat,
Christmas was good (as you can see). If the deer don’t get them, I’d love to hear what you think of the apple and its cider flavor.
Thanks,
Mark
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