An Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits & Nuts

Synopsis

A kaleidoscopic celebration of the USDA&’s pomological collection, offering an engaging, biophilic meditation upon the sweetest of the earth&’s produce. The United States Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection encompasses over 7,500 botanical watercolor paintings of evolving fruit and nut varieties, alongside specimens introduced by USDA plant explorers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Assembled between 1886 and 1942, the collection&’s remarkable, botanically accurate watercolors were executed by some 21 professional artists (including nine women). Authored largely before the widespread application of photography, the watercolors were intended to aid accurate identification and examination of fruit varietals, for the nation&’s fruit growers. Documenting the transformation of American pomology, the science of fruit breeding and production, and the horticultural innovations accountable for contemporary fruit cultivation and consumption, the USDA&’s collection offers fascinating anthropological and horticultural insights concerning the fruits we ecstatically devour, and why.

Copyright:

2025

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781454963547

Related ISBNs:

9781454963530

Publisher:

Union Square & Co.

Date of Addition:

11/04/25

Copyrighted By:

UNION SQUARE & CO

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Cooking, Food and Wine, Outdoors and Nature, Social Studies

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.