Fruit Decay Collection

$16.00

A collection of 16 Public Domain images of fruit decay from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. This is a digital product – you will receive 32 high-resolution files (16 .jpgs, 16 .pngs). All images feature background transparency and are ideal for printing on various colors. Copyright free for any use, personal or commercial. No physical product will be shipped to you.

Images included:

Left side top row, left to right: (1) Orange Decay, (2) Lemon Decay, (3) Orange & Lemon Decay.

Left side second row, left to right: (4) Lisbon Lemon Decay, (5) Grimes Apple and Spitzenberg Apple, (6) Apple and Paragon Apple.

Left side third row, left to right: (7) Yellow Newtown Apple and Lemon, (8) Ben Davis Apple, (9) Pomelo.

Left side fourth row, left to right: (10) Orange and Lemon, (11) Pineapple, (12) Lemon.

Left side bottom row, left to right: (13) Lemon, (14) Kurokuma Persimmon, (15) Kiefer Pear.

Right side: (9) Pineapple.

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These high resolution images have been optimized. The background page yellowing has been removed, colors have been adjusted and defects and damages fixed. These images may be used digitally on any colored background or printed on t-shirts, coffee mugs, tote bags or anything else you can think of.

  • Copyright: Public Domain (May be used for any use, personal or commercial)
  • 32 files 16 .jpg 16 .png
  • 300 dpi
  • RGB color space
  • Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705
  • (1) Citrus Sinensis Orange Decay, 2700 x 5400 pixels, 9″ x 18″, .jpg (5.83MB on white background), .png (22.7MB with transparent background), Year: 1905, Artist: Deborah Griscom Passmore.
  • (2) Citrus Limon Lemon Decay, 2400 x 5700 pixels, 8″ x 19″, .jpg (3.96MB on white background), .png (17.7MB with transparent background), Year: 1911, Artist: Ellen Isham Schutt.
  • (3) Citrus Sinensis (Orange) & Citrus Limon (Lemon) Decay, 2400 x 5400 pixels, 8″ x 18″, .jpg (4.15MB on white background), .png (17.0MB with transparent background), Year: 1910 (Orange) 1912 (Lemon), Artist: James Marion Shull.
  • (4) Citrus Limon Lisbon Decay, 2400 x 5100 pixels, 8″ x 17″, .jpg (3.70MB on white background), .png (16.5MB with transparent background), Year: 1910, Artist: Elsie E. Lower.
  • (5) Malus Domestica: Grimes Apple and Malus Domestica: Spitzenberg Apple Decay, 2700 x 5400 pixels, 9″ x 18″, .jpg (5.09MB on white background), .png (22.2MB with transparent background), Year: 1912, Artist: James Marion Shull.
  • (6) Malus Domestica Apple and Malus Domestica: Paragon Apple Decay, 2700 x 5400 pixels, 9″ x 18″, .jpg (5.09MB on white background), .png (22.2MB with transparent background), Year: 1912, Artist: James Marion Shull.
  • (7) Malus Domestica Yellow Newtown Apple, Citrus Limon Lemon Decay, 2100 x 5100 pixels, 7″ x 17″, .jpg (2.82MB on white background), .png (12.7MB with transparent background), Year: 1912 (Apple) 1928 (Lemon), Artist: James Marion Shull.
  • (8) Malus Domestica: Ben Davis Apple Decay, 3000 x 5700 pixels, 10″ x 19″, .jpg (6.34MB on white background), .png (29.4MB with transparent background), Year: 1912, Artist: James Marion Shull.
  • (9) Citrus Paradisi Pomelo Decay, 3300 x 6000 pixels, 11″ x 20″, .jpg (7.88MB on white background), .png (34.7MB with transparent background), Year: 1911 (top) 1918 (bottom), Artist: Elsie E. Lower (top) James Marion Shull (bottom).
  • (10) Citrus Sinensis Orange, Citrus Limon Lemon Decay, 3300 x 5700 pixels, 11″ x 19″, .jpg (5.46MB on white background), .png (22.1MB with transparent background), Year: 1911 (Orange) undated (Lemon), Artist: Amanda Almira Newton (Orange), anonymous (Lemon).
  • (11) Ananas Comosus Pineapple, 3900 x 6000 pixels, 13″ x 20″, .jpg (7.65MB on white background), .png (35.6MB with transparent background), Year: 1919, Artist: James Marion Shull.
  • (12) Citrus Limon Lemon Decay, 2400 x 5700 pixels, 8″ x 19″, .jpg (3.74MB on white background), .png (17.6MB with transparent background), Year: 1904 (Left) 1919 (Right), Artist: Deborah Griscom Passmore (Left) James Marion Shull (Right).
  • (13) Citrus Limon Lemon Decay, 5400 x 3600 pixels, 18″ x 12″, .jpg (6.28MB on white background), .png (27.2MB with transparent background), Year: 1910, Artist: Ellen Isham Schutt.
  • (14) Diospyros Kurokuma Persimmon Decay, 2400 x 4800 pixels, 8″ x 16″, .jpg (4.55MB on white background), .png (16.9MB with transparent background), Year: 1893, Artist: William Henry Prestele.
  • (15) Pyrus Communis Kiefer Pear Decay, 4200 x 3000 pixels, 14″ x 10″, .jpg (3.69MB on white background), .png (14.2MB with transparent background), Year: 1910 (Left) 1919 (Right), Artist: James Marion Shull.
  • (16) Ananas Comosus Pineapple, 3000 x 5100 pixels, 10″ x 17″, .jpg (4.07MB on white background), .png (18.9MB with transparent background), Year: 1915, Artist: James Marion Shull.
  • ***Note: The low resolution sample image on this page may be blurry and/or pixelated from compression. The downloadable versions are high resolution and beautiful!***