Watercolor plate of walnuts in four rows: a whole nut in its shell, a shelled kernel and a walnut cut in half, in golden brown on white.
A small row of three walnut paintings at the top: a whole walnut, a kernel and a halved nut.
Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

No. 229 of 248 · The Natural History Series

Walnuts

Pictures by Amanda Almira Newton

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Rows of walnuts, whole, shelled and split open, painted in warm golden browns by Amanda Almira Newton in 1911 for the US Department of Agriculture. The Romans called the walnut Jupiter's nut, the nut of the king of the gods, and a walnut tree can live for centuries. For someone who loves the quiet beauty of old botanical art.

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From the US Department of Agriculture's fruit paintings / WALNUTS / Juglans regia / A walnut tree can live for centuries, and it takes years to bear its first nuts. The Romans called the walnut Jupiter's nut, the nut of the king of the gods. / Painted by Amanda Almira Newton in 1911 for the US Department of Agriculture, to record a fruit grown in America.

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