Vintage Fruit Prints
America's lost fruit, painted from life. Between 1886 and 1942 the USDA commissioned thousands of watercolors of heirloom apples, pears, plums, grapes and stone fruit — many of these varieties now gone. Restored from the originals and offered two ways: full-bleed, the whole watercolor edge-to-edge; or as a framed specimen on a deep forest ground with its variety name, botanical name and the artist who painted it. Printed museum-quality on heavyweight matte paper — made for the kitchen wall.
878 prints · printed to order on heavyweight matte paper · framed or unframed














































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































The collection behind these
Between 1886 and 1942 the USDA commissioned some 7,500 watercolors documenting American fruit varieties — many painted from a single specimen that no longer exists as a growing variety. They're among the finest botanical illustration ever produced by a government, and they sat in an archive for a century. We restore them plate by plate at fine-art resolution.
Full-bleed or forest specimen
Each fruit comes two ways. Full-bleed runs the watercolor edge-to-edge — painterly, casual, kitchen-friendly. The specimen edition sets the trimmed plate on a deep forest-green ground with the variety name, botanical name and the USDA artist who painted it — more formal, and made for dark green dining rooms. Mixing three specimens of one fruit family (three apples, three plums) is the classic gallery-wall move, and three or more prints take 10% off automatically.
Practical notes
Printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper, framed or unframed, with the full-bleed editions also on gallery-wrapped canvas. Free worldwide standard shipping.














































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































