Blue Canton Fruit Saucer

Blue Canton Fruit SaucerCurrently on display in Monticellos Dining Room! The most fashionable tables in the early American Republic were set with blue and white "Canton" or "Nanking" wares, named for the great Chinese trading ports from which they came. Chinese blue and white porcelain was in demand in this country well into the nineteenth century and has become a part of the heritage of many American families. Blue Canton Fruit Saucer is made by Mottahedeh.

Although the roots are poisonous

the Rabbiteye Blueberry is one of three native blueberry species popular for home and commercial fruit production

symbolizing hospitality

summer to fall-blooming

resulting in the introduction of numerous ornamental shrubs and small trees to the Arnold Arboretum in Boston

first collected the American Smoketree during a plant hunting foray through the Arkansas territory in 1819

Jefferson Documented

thistle-like flowers sit atop stems up to 6 feet tall

our psyches as well as our tastes

Culture: Prefers full sun and medium to dry

and sheds new light on famous characters such as James Madison

Description: Medium to large apples are greenish-yellow overlaid with some red