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Abundance Plum

Historical USDA watercolour of the Abundance Plum plum, painted 1840

Abundance Plum is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 3 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from North Carolina, Cumberland, Fayetteville; Pennsylvania, York, York; New York, Niagara, Olcott, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Heiges, Bertha. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarAbundance
SpeciesPrunus domestica
Common fruitPlum
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Heiges, Bertha
Specimen originNorth Carolina, Cumberland, Fayetteville; Pennsylvania, York, York; New York, Niagara, Olcott
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates3

All 3 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00004723, POM00004724, POM00004725.

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