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Persimmons · USDA pomological watercolour

Ruby Persimmon

Historical USDA watercolour of the Ruby Persimmon persimmon, painted 1840

Ruby 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 Indiana, Hendricks, Cartersburg, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarRuby
SpeciesDiospyros
Common fruitPersimmon
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originIndiana, Hendricks, Cartersburg
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001086.

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