About This Item

  • Call NumberGRDN_0179
  • TitleRed Jade debuts
  • SummaryCaption: "Red Jade debuts--The graceful weeping branches of the recently distributed Red Jade ornamental crabapple tree are dotted with brilliant bead-like fruits which inspired the name. The trees, developed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, are the only ones of their kind in the world."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Apr. 5, 1953; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Apples -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gardens -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Gardens: B'klyn Botanic: Rare plants