Summary
This wax model is based on a specimen grown and presented to the museum by the Horticultural Society of Victoria from their gardens at Burnley, 1880. The model was made in the museum. The model maker was not recorded.
This apple is a dessert variety and is harvested in autumn. This variety originated with Mr. Hale at Swan Pool near Worcester, England. Distributed by Richard Smith & Co., Worcester in 1874. It is a seedling of Devonshire Quarrenden.
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation for Modelling from Horticultural Society of Victoria, 1880
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Grower of Item Modelled
Burnley Gardens, Burnley, Richmond, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1880
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Type of item
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Exhibition Collection Management
70 mm (Length), 70 mm (Width), 65 mm (Height)
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References
[Book] Winzenried, A. P. 1991. Green Grows Our Garden: a Centenary History of Horticultural Education at Burnley.
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