Fruit Collection (page 4)

Fruit Picking Ladder
An abandoned ladder resting in an apple tree while a basket of freshly picked apples lies on the ground. 1906

The Fruit Bearers, Under the Hill, Beardsley
The Fruit Bearers from Aubrey Beardsleys unfinished novel, Under the Hill. Date: C.1895

Warners King apple variety, Malus domestica.. Drawn by J.L. Macfarlane, Chromolithograph from The Florist and Pomologist Robert Hogg, London, published from 1878 to 1884

Apple variety, Lanes Prince Albert, Malus domestica.. Drawn by Walter Hood Fitch, chromolithographed by Stroobant, Ghent, from The Florist and Pomologist Robert Hogg, London

Fruit Label -- oranges and lemons from Matteo Mancuso, Messina, Sicily, top quality. Depicting a woman in traditional costume. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label --s Musmeci Costa, Messina, Sicily, exporters of citrus fruit and vegetables. Depicting two lions and an array of medals. Date: 20th century

Street Banana Seller, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Date: circa 1910s

Areca sp
Plate 987 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaya tree
Etching taken from Histoire generale des Antilles habitees par les Francois by Jean Baptiste Du Tertre. Shows two Adam and Eve type figures and papaya tree

Sorbier des olseleurs
Plate 20 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 16, 1870

Mancenillier tree
Plate 31 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 9. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Purple Mangosteen - Singapore
The fruits of the purple mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) - a tropical evergreen tree believed to have originated in the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas of Indonesia

TEXTBOOK / 1880 / PLATE 3
Plate 3 features pictures of cows, fruit (plums, apples & pears) and flowers (tulip, rose & daffodil). Date: 1880

Apple Newton Wonder
Newton Wonder Striped Beefing blossom of Striped Beefing

Abricotee Rouge
Abricotee rouge variety

Peach: Royal George
Two peaches: a Royal George and a Barrington

Bunch of Black Cherries
A delicious looking bunch of black cherries of the Bohemian black bigarreau variety

Fruit / Pair of Pears
A pair of pears

Banana Plantation / Jamaic
A Jamaican Banana Plantation Date: 1905

Picking orange flowers for making perfume
People picking orange flowers for the manufacture of perfume on the Cote d Azur, France. Date: circa 1905

Young couple on a romantic greetings card, sitting on a vine branch -- With affection and regard. Date: circa 1890s

Scarlet flowered Avens, Geum coccineum.. Handcolored illustration by E.D. Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Advertorial postcard for Hartleys Orange Marmalade
An appealing (!) advertorial postcard for Hartleys Orange Marmalade Date: circa 1910

Eulemur macaco, black lemur
Plate 217 from Capter 7 of Gleanings of Natural History Vol. 5 by George Edwards (1694-1773), published 1758-1764. Entitled The Black Maucauco

Mimus polyglottos, northern mockingbird
Plate 27, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Citrus paradisi, grapefruit
Tab 61 from Histoire naturelle des Orangers 1818-1820 by Antoine Risso. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is entitled Pompelmouse pompoleon

Coccyzus americanus, yellow-billed cuckoo
Plate 2 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh, retouched by R. Havell & Son, London

Aphelocoma coerulescens, Florida scrub jay
Plate 87 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpecker
Plate 16, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby. Size: 380 x 255 mm

Fragaria chiloensis, Chilean strawberry

Ex-tenant farmer from Texas, came to work in the fruit and vegetable harvests. Coachella Valley, California. Date 1937 Spring

Market Reports Illustrated - Unexpected fruit supply cleared
Market Reports Illustrated - Fruit, an unexpected supply was rapidly cleared! A fallen basket of apples is swiftly cleared up by lucky pedestrians! Date: circa 1905

Beirut, Lebanon - Young Fruit Seller
Beirut, Lebanon - A delightful photograph of a young Fruit Seller Date: circa 1904

Pomona (Rackham)
She is the Roman goddess of fruit-trees and fruit

Picking Apples by Millicent Sowerby
Two girl guides and a brownie lend a hand by picking apples in a picturesque orchard

Georgia - Tbilisi - Mercer (selling Grapes)
Georgia - Tbilisi - Kinto or Mercer (selling Grapes)

Tinned Pineapple
A can of St Michael brand Pineapple

Poster advertising French Line to the West Indies
Poster advertising French Line cruises from Southampton to the West Indies. A service of distinction

APPLES
Gascoignes Seedling Sandringham, with blossom

Strawberries
Frogmore Late Pine Sir Joseph Paxton Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury

Banana seller - Island of Martinique
A wonderful postcard of a West Indian Banana seller from the Island of Martinique

Cherries in Paris Street
A smart woman buys cherries for herself and her children from a Parisien street trader

Harvesting Apples
Harvesting apples on a British farm. After being picked, the crop is collected in boxes for transporting to the packing station. Here, apples from the orchard are being inspected

Fruit / Lemon Holly Wine
A partially peeled lemon, apples, a hunting tankard, a glass of wine or sherry, and some holly, to represent the months of November and December

Covent Garden Postcard
Covent Garden on a busy day - the entire space is taken up with stalls of fruit, vegetables and flowers

Covent Garden / Markino
Covent Garden at 4 am : fruit and vegetables arrive from the country in the early hours of the morning

Covent Garden / Crates
Fresh fruit arrives on a Spring morning at Covent Garden market. A man carries a crate of oranges on his head

Boy / Girl Gather Apples
A boy and a girl gathering apples in an orchard

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