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Persimmons · USDA pomological watercolour

Wild Persimmon

Historical USDA watercolour of the Wild Persimmon persimmon, painted 1873

Wild 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 Virginia, Fairfax, painted by Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarWild
SpeciesDiospyros
Common fruitPersimmon
Painted1873
Artist(s)Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originVirginia, Fairfax
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00001152.

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