Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Citruss · USDA pomological watercolour

Pineapple Orange Citrus

Historical USDA watercolour of the Pineapple Orange Citrus citrus, painted 1873

Pineapple Orange Citrus 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, painted by Krieger, L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher). The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarPineapple Orange
SpeciesCitrus sinensis
Common fruitCitrus
Painted1873
Artist(s)Krieger, L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher)
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000298.

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