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Mangos · USDA pomological watercolour

Alphonse Mango

Historical USDA watercolour of the Alphonse Mango mango, painted 1873

Alphonse Mango 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 Florida, Dade, Miami, painted by Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarAlphonse
SpeciesMangifera indica
Common fruitMango
Painted1873
Artist(s)Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originFlorida, Dade, Miami
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00004409.

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