USDA Pomological Watercolors

throwaway2506i7 wrote: post #5

zephyrfalcon wrote: post #2

OK, I completely misread that title.

Same here. I am not a native speaker, but it seems like a relatively uncommon word. Maybe that's why we both read something else

It's technical jargon. Scientists used speak a mishmash of Greek and Latin, since those were common among educated people. That hung on for longer than was realistic, but it became a kind of slang for group recognition.

This department was named in the 1880s. They probably would just call it the Apple Department today, though I admit I still like the tone that sort-of-Greek-or-Latin rings.

Re: USDA Pomological Watercolors

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Post by downboots » Thu, Jun 19, 2025, 2:50 AM UTC

jwilber wrote: post #6

I made these available as a dataset on GitHub some time ago: https://github.com/jwilber/USDA_Pomological_Watercolors Very beautiful paintings.

The world is too much with us

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Post by zeroping » Thu, Jun 19, 2025, 4:57 AM UTC

jwilber wrote: post #6

I made these available as a dataset on GitHub some time ago: https://github.com/jwilber/USDA_Pomological_Watercolors Very beautiful paintings.

These are also hosted on Wikimedia commons: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pomological_Waterc...

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Post by mediumsmart » Thu, Jun 19, 2025, 5:48 AM UTC

jwilber wrote: post #6

I made these available as a dataset on GitHub some time ago: https://github.com/jwilber/USDA_Pomological_Watercolors Very beautiful paintings.

Thank you for the work, I missed that and got them from the wikimedia back then. Cloning today.