Heirloom Strawberry Varieties in Watercolour
215 historic strawberry cultivars from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942)
Between 1886 and 1942 the U.S. Department of Agriculture commissioned artists to paint thousands of strawberry cultivars as official identification records. Browse the historic strawberrys below — many are heritage varieties no longer found in shops.
20th Century
Abingdon
Alabama
Alice
Almo
Alpha
Amanda
Armstrong
Aroma
August Luther
Auroflame Seedling 1907
Barrymore
Bartons Eclipse
Beauty
Beebe
Beidler
Bellmar
Berlin
Bessie
Big Victor
Blaine
Blakemore
Bomba
Bower
Brackett
Brandywine
Brow Giant
Brunette
Buster
California
Cardinal
Chesapeake
Chipman
Clara Barton
Climan
Clyde
Cohanzick
Colossus
Columbia
Commonwealth
Corsican
Crawford
Crystal City
Cumberland
Danby
Dayton
Deacon
Delaware
Dew
Dole
Dornan
Dorsett
Downing Bride
Dr. Moran
Duncan
Dunlap
Dunmore
Eagle
Earliest of All
Early Giant
Early Harvest
Early Jersey Giant
Early Miller
Early Ozark
Ella
Enhance
Epsey
Eureka
Excelsior
Fairfax
Fairmount
Fendall
First Quality
Francis
Gabara
Gandy
Gem
George Washington
Giant
Gibson
Gill
Glen Mary
Glendale
Gold Dollar
Golden Gate
Goldsborough
Goree
Govenor Rollins
Grey Dollar
Hampden
Hanback Beauty
Haverland
Hazel
Helen Davis
Heritage
Highlands No. 27
Holland
Howard Early
Humboldt
Hundred Dollar
Hustler
Ideal
Improved Wilson
Indiana
Ivanhoe
James Todd
James Vick
Jamestown
Jim Dumas
July
Kansas Queen
Kellogg Prize
Kentucky
Kevitts Wonder
Kirkwood
Klondike
La Follette
Lady Rusk
Lady Thompson
Lea
Lehigh
Lida
Longworth
Louis Gauthier
Louise
Lovett
M. Crawford
Maida
Mammoth
Manhattan
Marshall
Mary
Maryland
Massey
May King
Maynor
McKinley
Meeks
Michel
Middlefield
Miller
Minor Great Prolific
Missionary
Monett
Monmouth
Monroe
Mount Vista
Mrs. Miller
Murray
Muskingum
Myer
Nanticoke
New Discovery
Nicanor
Nick Ohmer
No. 11
Northstar
Norwood
Ohio Bay
Omega
Outlander
Pan American
Parker Earle
Parry
Parsons
Pearl
Pearl of Michigan
Pennell
Phil-Crates
Phillips No. 1
Pine Apple
Pink Tea
Pocahontas
Pride of Delaware
Princess Ena
Progressive
Prosperity
Redstar
Rewastico
Ridgway
Riehls Perfection
Rockhills No. 16
Rough Rider
Ruby
Runnerless
Ryckman
Salter
Sandoval
Saunders
Seaford
Senator Dunlap
Shipping King
Silver Coin
Staples
Starbright
Stephens Late Champion
Stevens
Strawberries
Strawberry
Strickland
Summit
Superb
Tennessee
Tennessee Prolific
Texas
Thompson
Three W
Timbrell
Van Deman
Velvet
Warfield
Westbrook
William Belt
Wooster
Yant