1845 Central NY Grafting Assoc. List of Fruits (Apples) western painting Inked details for face and

Inked details for face and claws and red for the mouth

one of the oldest--est

it is just visible from the back

I have found a few different dates associated with this version--as early as the 1920s and as late as the early 1940s

and I'd think more likely sometime late-ish 1910s-20s

1845 Central NY Grafting Assoc. List of Fruits (Apples) western painting Inked details for face andI loved finding this one in a stack of very old papers a 1845 list of "Fruits" publishing by thee New York Grafting Association with all of those fruits being apples, I believe. I'm often looking at old brass stencils used for painting apple crates and barrels, which sometimes bear the names of varieties with which I am unfamiliar but what a much more comprehensive and unfamiliar list this is, with as many varieties I've never heard of as those I