Pomological Watercolors - Ribes

This table provides access to scanned images of the 14 historic currant and gooseberry (Ribes sp.) watercolors in the USDA collection at the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland.

Watercolor Contents	Artist	Painting Date	Journal Number	Fruit Source - Image Comments
Bendelon Gooseberry	Deborah G. Passmore	07/17/1897	13960	Composite with single fruit of 4 cultivars. Samples received July 1897 from T.T. Lyon in South Haven, Michigan.
Carrie Gooseberry	Amanda A. Newton	12/10/1909		Received in July 1909 from Elliott & Redpath, Minneapolis, Minnesotta. Image number 41144?.
Champion Gooseberry	Deborah G. Passmore	07/17/1897	13961	Received July 1897 from T.T. Lyon in South Haven, Michigan. Composite with single fruit of 4 cultivars.
Duplication Gooseberry	Mary Daisy Arnold	07/19/1912	57072	Received in July 1912 from Geneva Exp. Sta., Geneva, New York.
Gooseberries Mixed	Deborah G. Passmore	<1909		Composite of several gooseberry cultivars. Image numbered 2-20.
Industry Gooseberry	Deborah G. Passmore	07/02/1898	15857	Received in July 1898 from Katherine Chase at 'Edgewood' in Washington, D.C.
Keepsake Gooseberry	Deborah G. Passmore	07/17/1897	13964	Received July 1897 from T.T. Lyon in South Haven, Michigan. Composite with single fruit of 4 cultivars.
Mountain Gooseberry	Bertha Heiges	07/05/1900	19620	Received in July 1900 from Will S. Stover, Hope, Bartholomew Co., Indiana. On same paper as wild R. cyanobatis painted by D.G. Passmore on June 25, 1900.
Mountain Gooseberry	F. Muller	07/18/1891	18008	Received in July 1891 from George P. Peffer, Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Enlarged from green specimen to typical size.
Orange Gooseberry	Deborah G. Passmore	07/17/1897	13966	Composite with single fruit of 4 cultivars. Samples received July 1897 from T.T. Lyon in South Haven, Michigan.
Poorman Gooseberry	James Marion Shull	07/17/1940	1861	Received in July 1940 from Culpepper, Arlington, Virginia.
Ribes gros. Abenarius	Deborah G. Passmore	07/01/1902	24986	Collected in July 1902 by W.W. Irwin from the grounds of the Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
White Smith Gooseberry	Bertha Heiges	07/10/1807	13854	Received in July 1897 from Peder Pederson, Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania.
Wild Gooseberry	Deborah G. Passmore	06/25/1900	19594	Received in June 1900 from Henry W. Hope, Paint, Highland Co., Ohio. On same paper as Mountain Gooseberry painted by Bertha Heiges on July 5, 1900.

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LastUpdated on 6/21/2001
By J. Postman, NCGR-Corvallis