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Royal Plum

Historical USDA watercolour of the Royal Plum plum, painted 1860

Royal 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 Ohio, Darke, Horatio, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarRoyal
SpeciesPrunus domestica
Common fruitPlum
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originOhio, Darke, Horatio
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00004877.

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