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Meador Seedling Cherry

Historical USDA watercolour of the Meador Seedling Cherry cherry, painted 1860

Meador Seedling Cherry 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 Oregon, Marion, Salem, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarMeador Seedling
SpeciesPrunus avium
Common fruitCherry
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originOregon, Marion, Salem
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00004684.

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