Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Mangos · USDA pomological watercolour

Lady Mango

Historical USDA watercolour of the Lady Mango mango, painted 1840

Lady 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 Cuba, Havana, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarLady
SpeciesMangifera indica
Common fruitMango
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originCuba, Havana
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00004170.

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