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Diploma Berry

Historical USDA watercolour of the Diploma Berry berry, painted 1882

Diploma Berry is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. A watercolour study of it survives in the collection, with specimens recorded from New York, Monroe, Rochester, painted by Lower, Elsie E. b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarDiploma
SpeciesRibes
Common fruitBerry
Painted1882
Artist(s)Lower, Elsie E. b.
Specimen originNew York, Monroe, Rochester
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00007148.

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