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If you'd prefer hard copies of these watercolors, there's a recent apple "opus" that came out that includes 1400 of them: https://www.jakkawpress.com/ https://w
by nkurz 5y ago
If you'd prefer hard copies of these watercolors, there's a recent apple "opus" that came out that includes 1400 of them: https://www.jakkawpress.com/ https://www.jakkawpress.com/. It's a six volume set, currently marked down to $150. I'm tempted.
- uptownfunk 5y agoOooh, me too. I have no idea why this is so appealing.
- mrjudgejoebrown 5y agoI have a set, it is definitely worth every penny.
- bookofjoe 5y ago"The lavishly illustrated hardcover set of seven volumes (each 500-600 pages, 8½” x 11”) comprehensively documents all apple varieties that have appeared in publications in the United States and Canada through the year 2000."
- Blackthorn 5y ago16000 varieties. And only through the year 2000. I'm stunned at the diversity of the apple.
- dls2016 5y agoNot to detract from your wonder, but apples aren't true-to-seed... so each new seedling could potentially produce a named variety (although most end up trash trees either with undesirable fruit or susceptible to disease).