Pomological Watercolors - Rubus

This table provides access to 17 scanned images from among the 80 historic blackberry and raspberry (Rubus 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
Hopkins Raspberry		070/6/1891	15059	Received in July 1891 from R.H. Hawkins, Maysville, Kansas. Ohio on left, Hopkins on right. Note on image indicates that varieties may be reversed.
Kansas Raspberry	Ellen I. Schutt	06/19/1905	35709	Received in February 1906 from S.H. Fulton, Center Market Cold Storage, Washington, DC, stored at 12 degrees on June 16, 1905. Miller on left, Kansas on Right.
Miller Raspberry	Deborah G. Passmore	06/27/1895	8886	Received in June 1895 from Chas Wright, Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware
Miller Raspberry	Ellen I. Schutt	06/19/1905	35653	Received in February 1906 from S.H. Fulton, Center Market Cold Storage, Washington, DC, stored at 12 degrees on June 16, 1905. Miller on left, Kansas on Right.
Ohio Raspberry		07/6/1891	15060	Received in July 1891 from R.H. Hawkins, Maysville, Kansas. Ohio on left, Hopkins on right. Note on image indicates that varieties May be reversed.
Ohmer Blackberry	Royal G. Steadman	7/25/1816	89086	Received in July 1916 from Md. Agric. Exp. Sta., College Park, Maryland.
R. fruticosa 8601	Amanda A. Newton	08/08/1913	63678	Received from Arlington Farm, Rosslyn, Alexandria Virginia, 7/30/1913
Raspberry Disease - Orange Rust	James Marion Shull	04/07/1905	1336	Published in Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 29(9), 1924
Raspberry Seedling	Amanda A. Newton	06/25/1910	46991	Received 6/22/1910 from Prof. Spillman, from W.A. Andrews. 1621 Newton St. N.W.
Rathbun Blackberry	Deborah G. Passmore	08/14/1897	14131	Received from A.F. Rathbun, Smith's Mills, New York on 8/14/1897.
Schaffer Raspberry	Amanda A. Newton	07/14/1913	63453	Received 7/10/1913 from C.P. Close, College Park, Maryland
Shaffer Raspberry		6/15/1891	14030	Received in June 1891 from G.T. Raub, Four Mile Run, Virginia
Watt Blackberry	Amanda A. Newton	08/08/1912	57343	Received in August 1912 from Geneva Exp. Sta., Geneva, New York.
Wineberry	William H. Prestele	07/12/1894	6769	Received in July 1894 from Prof. S.B. Heiges, York, Pennsylvania.
Winfield Raspberry	Deborah G. Passmore	06/13/1908	40987	Received in June 1908 as Providance seedling from Winfield Nursery Co., Cowley Co., Kansas. Appeared as plate V in USDA Yearbook, 1909.
Winfield Raspberry	Deborah G. Passmore	06/13/1908	40987	Received in July 1908 as Providance seedling from Winfield Nursery Co., Cowley Co., Kansas. Appeared as plate V in USDA Yearbook, 1909. Copy made 12/10/1909.
Young Dewberry	Royal G. Steadman	07/28/1924	104995	Received in July 1924 from George Darrow, U.S. Hort. Field Station, Bell, Maryland.

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