Plums · USDA pomological watercolour
New Cherry Plum
New Cherry 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 California, Sonoma, Santa Rosa, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | New Cherry |
|---|---|
| Species | Prunus domestica |
| Common fruit | Plum |
| Painted | 1860 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | California, Sonoma, Santa Rosa |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00004830.
