Illustrated Catalog of American Fruit and NutsThe 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 collections remarkable, botanically accurate watercolors were executed by some 21 professional artists (including nine women). Authored largely