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Clifford Plum

Historical USDA watercolour of the Clifford Plum plum, painted 1860

Clifford Plum 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 Missouri, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarClifford
SpeciesPrunus domestica
Common fruitPlum
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originMissouri, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00004857.

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