Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Persimmons · USDA pomological watercolour

Corean Persimmon

Historical USDA watercolour of the Corean Persimmon persimmon, painted c.1886–1942

Corean Persimmon 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 North Carolina, Cumberland, Fayetteville, painted by Heiges, Bertha. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarCorean
SpeciesDiospyros
Common fruitPersimmon
Artist(s)Heiges, Bertha
Specimen originNorth Carolina, Cumberland, Fayetteville
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001215.

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