Plums · USDA pomological watercolour
Santa Rosa Plum
Santa Rosa 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 California, Santa Clara, Palo Alto; California, Fresno, Fresno, painted by Shull, James Marion, Newton, Amanda Almira, Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Santa Rosa |
|---|---|
| Species | Prunus domestica |
| Common fruit | Plum |
| Painted | 1860–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Shull, James Marion, Newton, Amanda Almira, Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | California, Santa Clara, Palo Alto; California, Fresno, Fresno |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 3 |
All 3 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00004891, POM00005015, POM00005016.
