Bibliograph

An illustrated catalog of American fruits & nuts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection, contributors: Adam Leith Gollner, Jacqueline Landey, John McPhee, Michael Pollan, Marina Vitaglione

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An illustrated catalog of American fruits & nuts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection, contributors: Adam Leith Gollner, Jacqueline Landey, John McPhee, Michael Pollan, Marina Vitaglione

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-381) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

An illustrated catalog of American fruits & nuts

Nature of contents

bibliographycatalogs

Oclc number

1249750733

Responsibility statement

contributors: Adam Leith Gollner, Jacqueline Landey, John McPhee, Michael Pollan, Marina Vitaglione

Sub title

the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection

Summary

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pomological Watercolor Collection contains 7,584 watercolor paintings of cultivated fruit and nut varieties, alongside specimens gathered around the world and introduced by USDA plant explorers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These remarkable, botanically accurate watercolors were painted by twenty-one professional artists (including ten women) employed by the USDA between 1886 and 1942. Produced largely before the widespread use of photography, the watercolors were created and published to aid identification and examination of fruit varieties for the nation's fruit growers

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