Date: 1940 – 1950
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Persimmon tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, a drawing of a fruit, and descriptive text.
Header: PERSIMMON
Drawings and text, from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf: alternate
- tree: opossum's tree; native from central Illinois southward; bark broken into block, showing orange underbark
- fruit: astringent unless fully ripe
Extent: 1 sheet