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Laire Plum

Historical USDA watercolour of the Laire Plum plum, painted 1860

Laire 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 Kansas, Rooks, Stockton, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarLaire
SpeciesPrunus domestica
Common fruitPlum
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originKansas, Rooks, Stockton
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00004928.

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