Amanda Almira Newton was a botanical illustrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture who specialized in watercolors of fruit. Her work is now preserved in the USDA's Pomological Watercolor Collecti
Trapp variety of avocado (Persea species), with specimen originating in Miami, Florida; watercolor by Amanda Newton, 1916.
Champion quince (Cydonia oblonga); watercolor by Amanda Newton, 1909.