Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Grapes · USDA pomological watercolour

Scuppernong Grape

Historical USDA watercolour of the Scuppernong Grape grape, painted 1860–1873

Scuppernong Grape is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 6 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from North Carolina, Cumberland, Fayetteville; Georgia, Lee, Smithville; North Carolina, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarScuppernong
SpeciesVitis
Common fruitGrape
Painted1860–1873
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originNorth Carolina, Cumberland, Fayetteville; Georgia, Lee, Smithville; North Carolina; South Carolina, Beaufort, Beaufort
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates6

All 6 plates

Scuppernong Grape watercolour POM00006082Scuppernong Grape watercolour POM00006083Scuppernong Grape watercolour POM00006084Scuppernong Grape watercolour POM00006085Scuppernong Grape watercolour POM00006086Scuppernong Grape watercolour POM00006087

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00006082, POM00006083, POM00006084, POM00006085, POM00006086, POM00006087.

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