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Timme Cherry

Historical USDA watercolour of the Timme Cherry cherry, painted 1873

Timme 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 Iowa, Iowa, Williamsburg, painted by Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarTimme
SpeciesPrunus avium
Common fruitCherry
Painted1873
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originIowa, Iowa, Williamsburg
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00004627.

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