Plums · USDA pomological watercolour
Stanley Plum
Stanley Plum is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 5 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from New York, Ontario, Geneva; Maryland, Prince Georges, Beltsville, painted by Shull, James Marion, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Krieger, L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher). The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Stanley |
|---|---|
| Species | Prunus domestica |
| Common fruit | Plum |
| Painted | 1872–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Shull, James Marion, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Krieger, L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher) |
| Specimen origin | New York, Ontario, Geneva; Maryland, Prince Georges, Beltsville |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00005119, POM00005120, POM00005121, POM00005122, POM00005123.
