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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.

The Ickworth Imperatrice plum (Prunus domestica cv.): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after S. Drake.

Braddick's American peach (Prunus persica cv.): fruiting branch, flowers and cut fruit. Coloured etching, c. 1812.

A nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting stem and section of fruit. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

Peach plant (Prunus persica): flowers and fruit. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

The flat peach of China (Prunus persica cv.): fruiting branch, flowers and cut fruit. Coloured etching by W. Hooker, c. 1820.

A cherry (Prunus cultivar) and strawberry (Fragaria cultivar): fruiting stems. Coloured etching, c. 1789.

Five plums (Prunus domestica) in a bed of leaves. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after W. H. Fitch.

A peach plant (Prunus persica): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured zincograph by C. Chabot, c. 1876, after W. Fitch.

Two plums (Prunus cultivars): fruit and flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.

Almond plant (Prunus dulcis): flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

A plant, possibly a Prunus species: two fruiting stems and a dissected fruit. Watercolour.

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Stone fruit

Images from the collections

Images about Stone fruit

Works from the collections

A nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting stem and section of fruit. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

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

The Ickworth Imperatrice plum (Prunus domestica cv.): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after S. Drake.

Stone fruit

Images from the collections

Images about Stone fruit

Works from the collections

A nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting stem and section of fruit. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

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

The Ickworth Imperatrice plum (Prunus domestica cv.): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after S. Drake.

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