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Toka Plum

Historical USDA watercolour of the Toka Plum plum, painted 1873

Toka is a heritage plum cultivar from South Dakota. Yellow flesh, also known as the bubblegum plum. From South Dakota. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1873), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.

CultivarToka
SpeciesPrunus domestica
Common fruitPlum
Painted1873
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originMinnesota, Le Sueur, Waterville
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00004997.

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