Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Strawberrys · USDA pomological watercolour

Hampden Strawberry

Historical USDA watercolour of the Hampden Strawberry strawberry, painted 1838

Hampden 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, painted by Prestele, William Henry. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarHampden
SpeciesFragaria
Common fruitStrawberry
Painted1838
Artist(s)Prestele, William Henry
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00004166.

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