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Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.

Two fruiting tree branches, possibly a Sorbus and Prunus species. Watercolour.

Three British fruit trees, sloe (Prunus spinosa), wild cherry (Prunus avium) and bird cherry (Prunus padus). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

A stone fruit tree, possibly a plum (Prunus species): fruiting branch and seed. Watercolour.

A pear (Pyrus species): flowering branch. Watercolour.

A cudweed plant (Gnaphalium species), mandrake plant (Mandragora officinarum) and breadfruit tree (Artocarpus atilis). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

A woman breast feeding a child and plucking a fruit from an abundant tree, two of her other children are also with her. Engraving by J. Frey, 1732, after F. Albani.

A species of Sapotaceae: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Citron (Citrus medica): flowering branch. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.

The month September and the sign of Libra, represented by people gathering fruit from trees and the parable of the barren fig tree. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.

Jak tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with fruit in the Society Islands. Pen drawing.

A vegetable patch in the back garden of a cottage in the countryside. Watercolour and gouache by Mary Lorraine, 1967.

Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

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A species of Sapotaceae: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Jak tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with fruit in the Society Islands. Pen drawing.

A vegetable patch in the back garden of a cottage in the countryside. Watercolour and gouache by Mary Lorraine, 1967.

Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.