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USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
12022-07-07T15:35:38-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f596botanical collection at the National Agricultural Librarystructured_gallery2022-07-07T15:41:24-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Repository: United States National Agricultural Library The collection includes 7,497 watercolor paintings produced by 21 artists between 1894 and 1916.
12022-06-27T13:28:00-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Napoleon cherry5An ancient cherry so famous that it requires no recommendation. Its area of cultivation in Russia is limited and the tree, when young, cannot survive harsh winters. It is the best commercial cherry for Crimea. [Note: the Pomological Collection illustration is used here for the sake of variety: the Napoleon cherry is one of the four cherries shown on a single page of the Atlas plodov.]plain2022-07-12T14:44:19-04:001700 - 1906watercolor by Elsie Lower, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-07-06T10:10:26-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Louise apricot5The Louise (bottom image) was first identified in France in 1838 along the Rhone River and became known to the pomological world in the 1850s. It ripens in July and is distinguished for its beauty, size, and "extraordinary flavor". Among the best table apricots. Grebnitskii concluded that "anywhere apricots have commercial significance one must pay serious attention to the Louise."plain2022-07-12T14:52:45-04:001860 - 1906Atlas plodov (1906) vyp. 4, no. 100BKelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-06-30T13:09:49-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Ficus (nameless)4Botanical illustration by Mary Daisy Arnold, 1915. U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection.plain2022-07-07T06:56:15-04:00National Agricultural Library Digital Collections [https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/catalog/POM00001044]Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-07-01T10:58:48-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Mulberry (fruit)3Botanical illustration by Elsie Lower; courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705plain2022-07-06T14:45:08-04:00USDA Pomological CollectionKelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-07-01T19:22:54-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Diospyros (date-plum)3Botanical illustration by Mary Daisy Arnold, 1932. U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection.National Agricultural Library Digital Collections [https://atg-prod-scalar.s3.amazonaws.com/imperiia/media/Pomological_persimmon.jpg]plain2022-07-07T07:01:57-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-07-01T11:09:01-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Peach2Botanical illustration by Ellen Isham Schutt; courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705plain2022-07-01T11:09:16-04:00USDA Pomological CollectionKelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-07-01T14:03:43-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Hazelnut2Botanical illustration by Deborah Griscom Passmore; courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705plain2022-07-01T14:04:08-04:00USDA Pomological CollectionKelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-06-29T18:36:21-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Juglans regia (English walnut)1Botanical illustration by Ellen Isham Schutt; courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705plain2022-06-29T18:36:21-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-07-01T12:02:49-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Olive (Olea Europeae)1Botanical illustration by Mary Daisy Arnold; courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705plain2022-07-01T12:02:49-04:00USDA Pomological CollectionKelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-07-01T20:37:27-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Pomegranate1Botanical illustration of Punica granatum by Mary Daisy Arnold; courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705plain2022-07-01T20:37:27-04:00USDA Pomological CollectionKelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
