No. 29 of 248 · The Natural History Series
Mango, 'Cecil'
Pictures by Amanda Almira Newton
A ripe 'Cecil' mango, shown whole and sliced open to its golden flesh, painted in watercolour by Amanda Almira Newton in 1908. She made it for the US Department of Agriculture to record a fruit grown in America, and the back tells how mangoes have been grown in India for four thousand years. For someone with a taste for sunshine.
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On the back
From the US Department of Agriculture's fruit paintings / MANGO, 'CECIL' / Mangifera indica / Mangoes have been grown in India for four thousand years, and the mango is India's national fruit. The first mango trees in Florida were planted in the 1830s. / USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection, 1908 / Painted by Amanda Almira Newton in 1908 for the US Department of Agriculture, to record a fruit grown in America.
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