Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Hickorys · USDA pomological watercolour

Swamp Hickory

Historical USDA watercolour of the Swamp Hickory hickory, painted 1840

Swamp Hickory 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 Texas, Houston, Holly, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarSwamp
SpeciesCarya
Common fruitHickory
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originTexas, Houston, Holly
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00007397.

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