No. 209 of 248 · The Natural History Series
Pomegranate
Pictures by Elsie E. Lower
A ripe pomegranate and its jewel-red halved twin, painted in watercolor by Elsie E. Lower in 1909 for the US Department of Agriculture. In many lands the pomegranate is eaten at the New Year, its hundreds of seeds standing for a year of plenty and good luck. For someone you wish an abundant year.
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From the US Department of Agriculture's fruit paintings / POMEGRANATE / Punica granatum / In many lands the pomegranate is eaten at the New Year: its hundreds of seeds stand for a year of plenty, and in Greece one is broken on the doorstep for good luck. / Painted by Elsie E. Lower in 1909 for the US Department of Agriculture, to record a fruit grown in America.
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