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John Gerard on the "Apple of Love"
John Gerard, an English botanist, describes the tomato plant and fruit in his seventeenth century herball.
Johann Leypoldt's "Tomatoes"
Depicted is John Leypoldt's smooth-cut copper engraving of tomatoes growing on a vine, which was reprinted by the Library of Congress. The image was likely originally drawn and colored by Basilius Besler, for whom Leypoldt worked as an engraver. …
Engraving of solanum melongena with round fruit
A botanical engraving of solanum melongena from Johan Wilhelm Weinmann's "Phytanthoza iconographia." At center, solanum melongena with leaves, two flowers, and two round purple fruits. Below, botanical classifications.
"Chapter 59: Of Madde Apples."
The sixteenth-century botanist John Gerard classifies and describes solanum melongena, or "madde-apples." At left is a woodcut depicting solanum melongena. The woodcut depicts the plant's chaotic tangle of leaves and characteristic flowers; at bottom…
Chapter 23 "Of Cacao and Coca"
"Natural and Moral History of the Indies" subtitled "Intreating of the Remarkable Things of Heaven, of the Elements, Mettalls, Plants and Beasts which are proper to that Country: Together with the Manners, Ceremonies, Lawes, Governments, and Warres…
Entry on Anise from John Gerard's Herball, or, Historie of plantes
Anise and its medicinal uses, growth tendencies, applications, and benefits.
The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda)
A painting showing an abundance of fruits and foods.
Purple Anise Tree
Plants from PAXTON'S MAGAZINE OF BOTANY
Lemon
Georg Flegel's 1625 Still Life portrays a lemon in the context of the Early Modern period. This painting depicts a meal probably consumed by the merchant or noble class. The lemon would perhaps be used to season the bird on the plate. This painting…