Lizzy Harding on Decrepit Lemons and Scrotal Grapes

Deborah Griscom Passmore, Pear, Belle Angevine (1900), from An Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits and Nuts (2021), edited by Ananda Pellerin

A special shout-out to Lizzy Harding for her terrific capsule review of An Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits & Nuts: The U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection, in the current issue of Bookforum. Sample: “The teachable moments stand out: a decrepit lemon cocooned in gray mold, mangoes with a fungal infection, a mutant Concord grape that must be described as ‘scrotal.’ ”