Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Strawberrys · USDA pomological watercolour

Cohanzick Strawberry

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

Cohanzick 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. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

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

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00000050.

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