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Ajun Grape

Historical USDA watercolour of the Ajun Grape grape, painted 1873

Ajun Grape 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 Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarAjun
SpeciesVitis
Common fruitGrape
Painted1873
Artist(s)Schutt, Ellen Isham
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00007574.

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