Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Heirloom Berry Varieties in Watercolour

66 historic berry cultivars from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942)

Between 1886 and 1942 the U.S. Department of Agriculture commissioned artists to paint thousands of berry cultivars as official identification records. Browse the historic berrys below — many are heritage varieties no longer found in shops.

Agawam berry
Agawam
Americus berry
Americus
Andrews berry
Andrews
Atlantic berry
Atlantic
Black Diamond berry
Black Diamond
Black Pearl berry
Black Pearl
Blowers berry
Blowers
Brinkles Orange berry
Brinkles Orange
Brooks berry
Brooks
Cardinal berry
Cardinal
Carrie berry
Carrie
Catawba berry
Catawba
Conrath berry
Conrath
Cumberland berry
Cumberland
Cuthbert berry
Cuthbert
Diploma berry
Diploma
Doolittle berry
Doolittle
Duplication berry
Duplication
Early Black berry
Early Black
Eaton berry
Eaton
Everblooming berry
Everblooming
Fay berry
Fay
Ferndale berry
Ferndale
Garee berry
Garee
Gault berry
Gault
Golden Queen berry
Golden Queen
Gregg berry
Gregg
Haupt berry
Haupt
Haymaker berry
Haymaker
Hoosier Black Cap berry
Hoosier Black Cap
Howard Bell berry
Howard Bell
Howes berry
Howes
Iceberg berry
Iceberg
Indian Maiden berry
Indian Maiden
Industry berry
Industry
Jewett berry
Jewett
Johnstons Sweet berry
Johnstons Sweet
Joy berry
Joy
Jumbo berry
Jumbo
Kittatinny berry
Kittatinny
Lawton berry
Lawton
Lucretia berry
Lucretia
Marlboro berry
Marlboro
McDonald berry
McDonald
Mersereau berry
Mersereau
Metallic Bell berry
Metallic Bell
Miller berry
Miller
Minnervaski berry
Minnervaski
Mountain berry
Mountain
No. 837 berry
No. 837
Ohmer berry
Ohmer
Perfection berry
Perfection
Poorman berry
Poorman
Rancocas berry
Rancocas
Rathbun berry
Rathbun
Redskin berry
Redskin
Reward berry
Reward
Ribesgros Abenarius berry
Ribesgros Abenarius
Rowand berry
Rowand
Schaffer berry
Schaffer
Shaffer berry
Shaffer
Stanley berry
Stanley
Watt berry
Watt
Weymouth berry
Weymouth
White Smith berry
White Smith
Winfield berry
Winfield