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Happiness Plum

Historical USDA watercolour of the Happiness Plum plum, painted 1873

Happiness Plum 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 Texas, Denton, Pilot Point, painted by Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarHappiness
SpeciesPrunus domestica
Common fruitPlum
Painted1873
Artist(s)Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originTexas, Denton, Pilot Point
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00004908.

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