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Cerise de Montmorency Cherry

Historical USDA watercolour of the Cerise de Montmorency Cherry cherry, painted 1840

Cerise de Montmorency Cherry 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 Maryland, Montgomery, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarCerise de Montmorency
SpeciesPrunus avium
Common fruitCherry
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originMaryland, Montgomery
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00004432.

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