Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Strawberrys · USDA pomological watercolour

Beauty Strawberry

Historical USDA watercolour of the Beauty Strawberry strawberry, painted c.1886–1942

Beauty Strawberry 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, Polk, Tryon. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarBeauty
SpeciesFragaria
Common fruitStrawberry
Specimen originNorth Carolina, Polk, Tryon
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000045.

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