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Brinkles Orange Berry

Historical USDA watercolour of the Brinkles Orange Berry berry, painted 1873

Brinkles Orange Berry 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 Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarBrinkles Orange
SpeciesRubus
Common fruitBerry
Painted1873
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00007245.

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