Watercolour of a kumquat sprig with two green leaves and two orange fruits, with a halved kumquat below, on white.
A single halved kumquat showing its orange segments, on white.
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No. 137 of 248 · The Natural History Series

Kumquats

Pictures by Deborah Griscom Passmore

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A sprig of ripe kumquats and a halved fruit, painted in watercolour by Deborah Griscom Passmore in 1900 for the US Department of Agriculture. At the Lunar New Year kumquat trees are given for luck, because in Cantonese the name means golden orange. For someone you wish good fortune.

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From the US Department of Agriculture's fruit paintings / KUMQUATS / Citrus japonica / A kumquat is eaten whole, sweet skin and sour centre together. At the Lunar New Year kumquat trees are given for luck: in Cantonese the name means 'golden orange'. / USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection, 1900 / Painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore in 1900 for the US Department of Agriculture, to record a fruit grown in America.

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