![Pl. 30 The Maiden's Blush. [Apple]; Natural History of New York [Heirloom Fruit]. M. D. Emmons, Ebenezer.](https://www.lowryjames.com/pictures/medium/7007.jpg?v=1554518727)
Pl. 30 The Maiden's Blush. [Apple]; Natural History of New York [Heirloom Fruit]
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1851. First edition. Single sheet matted in rag board. A Fine original hand-colored lithograph. Folio (11.25 x 9 inches). In Ivory rag mat and suitable for framing; sized to14 x 17 inches.
Drawn from nature by E. Emmons, Jr., engraved and printed by Gavit & Duthie, a finely colored early depiction of one such variety of the useful and not strictly ornamental fruit being cultivated in national soil during Nineteenth Century America. Fine. Item #7007
This print is one of the earliest depictions of American fruit as it predates the illustrations in AJ Downing's noted work; The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America; New York.
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