Heirloom Cherry Varieties in Watercolour
116 historic cherry cultivars from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942)
Between 1886 and 1942 the U.S. Department of Agriculture commissioned artists to paint thousands of cherry cultivars as official identification records. Browse the historic cherrys below — many are heritage varieties no longer found in shops.
Abbess d' Oignies
Abbesse
Allen
Amarelle Bunt
Angouleme
Badacsony
Baldwin
Baltavari
Bartlett
Bay State
Belle De Choisy
Bender
Bing
Black Republican
Black Tartarian Imp.
Brusselar Braune
Buttners Yellow
Carnation
Cass
Centennial
Cerise de Montmorency
Chapman
Cleveland
Coe
Dikeman
Double Nattie
Downer
Duraccia
Eagle
Early Morello
Early Purple
Elkhorn
Elton
Empress Eugene
English Morello
Eveline
Flinn
Florence
Garibaldi
Geante de Hedelfinger
Geer
George Glass
Golden Beauty
Govenor Wood
Greenwood
Grosse Picarde
Heart Shape Weichsel
Hoke
Hortense
Ida
Jno. Morris
Kallich Giant
King Amorelle
Kirkland
Knight Early Red
Lamaurie
Lambert
Late Duke
Late Napoleon
Louis Phillips
Luelling
Mahaleb Cherry
Marasca Moscata
May Duke
Meador Seedling
Meeker
Meyers
Mezel
Montmorency
Montmorency de Bourgueil
Montmorency de Mezel
Montmorency de Savigny
Montmorency Large
Morello
Morreau
Napoleon
Napolitana
Norma
Northwest
Oerman
Olivet
Olympia
Ostheim
Perry
Red Jacket
Reine Hortense
Riga
Rockport
Roditelsky
Roe
Roslyn
Royal Anne
Royal Duke
Royal Novelle
Rupp
Safra
Schmidt
Schmidt Bigarreau
Shelton
Short Stemmed Montmorency
Sidney
Socsany White
South Giant
Sparhawk
Spate Amarelle
St. Medard
Stuart Bigarreau
Suda
Timme
Valdimir
Valdurur
Vladimir
Wabash
Waterhouse
Windsor
Yellow Spanish