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Strawberrys · USDA pomological watercolour

Buster Strawberry

Historical USDA watercolour of the Buster Strawberry strawberry, painted 1882

Buster Strawberry 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 Maryland, Prince Georges, College Park, painted by Lower, Elsie E. b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarBuster
SpeciesFragaria
Common fruitStrawberry
Painted1882
Artist(s)Lower, Elsie E. b.
Specimen originMaryland, Prince Georges, College Park
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00004247.

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