Eriobotrya japonica - Oliver
1909
Step into the world of early 20th-century botanical science with this charming 1909 watercolor by Elsie E. Lower. She meticulously captured clusters of loquats, those fuzzy golden-yellow fruits, even slicing one open to show the large brown seeds inside—a classic move for scientific illustrators who needed to document every detail. The handwritten notes at the bottom reveal this specimen came from Miami, Florida, collected from a grower named P.J. Wester, turning a simple fruit study into a tiny time capsule of American agricultural history.
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