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Cardinal Berry

Historical USDA watercolour of the Cardinal Berry berry, painted 1840

Cardinal 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, with specimens recorded from Kansas, Douglas, Lawrence, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarCardinal
SpeciesRubus
Common fruitBerry
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originKansas, Douglas, Lawrence
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00007246.

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