Heirloom Citrus Varieties in Watercolour
168 historic citrus 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 citrus cultivars as official identification records. Browse the historic citruss below — many are heritage varieties no longer found in shops.
11668 Large
Acida
Alamoen
American Wonder
Bayly
Bishops Favorite
Bizarrie
Blood Tardiff
Bonboro
Boone Early
Brazilian
Budded
Calamondian
Caloosahatchie
Cameron
Canton
Castleman
Chimera
Chinese
Chinese Shaddock
Citron of Commerce
Cone-shaped Navel
Conner Prolific
Conners Seedling
Cooper Seedless
Cordoba
Corsican
Cunningham
Cured Owari
Curry Special
Cutter
Dancy
Davis Seedless
Dorthy Seedless
Du Roi
Dugat
Dugats Improved
Duncan
Early Un-Shu
Ellen
Enterprise
Etrog
Eureka
Excelsior Late
Fairai Satsumas
Fausta
Florida Improved
Florida Late
Foster
Francis Heiney
Fresh Green
Fresh Yellow
Giant
Gibson Girl
Golden Buckeye
Golden Nugget
Grapefruit Leaf
Hamlins Imp. Pineapple
Harts Late
Harts Tardiff
Homosassa
Ichang
Ikeda
Imperial
Indian River
Inman
Isle of Pines
Jaffa
Jairai
Joppa
Kennedy
Key
King
Lambss Lemon
Large St. Michael
Lisbon
Longs Everbearing
Lue Gim Gong
Lyman
Magnum Bonum
Mahon Chaisee
Majorca
Malta Blood
Maltese Blood
Manurco
Marsh
Marsh Seedless
McCarty
Mediterranean Sweet
Meyer
Miami
Moi Citron
Naranja Alotonilco
Naranja Chino
Naranja Limus
Natsumikan
Navel
Navel Lemon
Navelencia
New
No. 1474
No. 2
No. 779
Nonpareil
Orange Pomelo
Otaheita
Otahiti
Owari
Owari Satsuma
Parson Brown
Patardia
Pernambuco
Perrine
Persian Lime
Pica
Pineapple
Pineapple Orange
Pink Fleshed
Pomelo
Pomo d'Adams
Ponderosa
Powells Honey
Rangpur
Red Sweet
Rough
Royal
Sampson
Satsuma
Schang Hybrid Pommelo
Scrubs
Selecta
Silas Gto
Silkrind
Silver Cluster
Silver Cluster Seedless
Silverhill Satsuma
Sour x 2/3
Sperryola
Sport
Standard
Surprise
Tahita
Tahiti
Temple
Thompson
Thompson Improved
Thompson Improved Navel
Thornton
Thornton No. 2
Thornton No. 5
To Yuzu
Towus
Triumph
True Eureka
Umatilla
Un-Shu
Vairai
Valencia
Valencia late
Variagated
Villa France
Walters
Wase Satsuma
Washington Navel
Washington Navel; Maltese Blood; Paper Rind St. Michael
White Sweet
Williams
Young