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Douglas Bennett Alphonse Mango

Historical USDA watercolour of the Douglas Bennett Alphonse Mango mango, painted 1860

Douglas Bennett Alphonse Mango 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 Florida, Dade, Miami, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarDouglas Bennett Alphonse
SpeciesMangifera indica
Common fruitMango
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originFlorida, Dade, Miami
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00004344.

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