Watercolor of a whole orange above a halved orange showing its segments and seeds, on a white background.

Watercolor of a single small whole orange on a white background. — Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

No. 74 of 248 · The Natural History Series

Orange, ‘Mediterranean Sweet’

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A bright Mediterranean Sweet orange, shown whole and sliced open to its juicy segments, painted in watercolor by Deborah Griscom Passmore in 1902. She made it for the US Department of Agriculture to record a fruit grown in America, and the back tells how sweet oranges travelled from China to the Mediterranean and on to Florida. For someone who loves a bit of sunshine.

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On the back

From the US Department of Agriculture's fruit paintings / Orange, 'Mediterranean Sweet' / Citrus × sinensis / Sweet oranges came from China to the Mediterranean five hundred years ago, and with the Spanish to Florida in the 1500s. A single tree can bear fruit for a hundred years. / USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection, 1902 / Painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore in 1902 for the US Department of Agriculture, to record a fruit grown in America.

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