Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Plums · USDA pomological watercolour

Ruby Plum

Historical USDA watercolour of the Ruby Plum plum, painted c.1886–1942

Ruby 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 North Carolina, Cumberland, Fayetteville. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarRuby
SpeciesPrunus domestica
Common fruitPlum
Specimen originNorth Carolina, Cumberland, Fayetteville
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005014.

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