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Stoddard Plum

Historical USDA watercolour of the Stoddard Plum plum, painted 1840

Stoddard 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 Iowa, Dallas, Waukee, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarStoddard
SpeciesPrunus domestica
Common fruitPlum
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originIowa, Dallas, Waukee
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005127.

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