Pomegranate in Sonoma, California Poster

"Pomegranate in Sonoma, California" by Catherine Sherman. A pomegranate nears ripeness on a tree on an early September afternoon at the Vallejo Estate in Sonoma, California. The Vallejo Estate is a historic house in Sonoma, California, one of the six sites that comprises the Sonoma State Historic Park. The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between 16 and 33 feet tall (5 and 10 metres). In 1933, the State of California acquired the Vallejo home and some 20 acres of the original land to protect and preserve this historic site and its collection of historic artifacts and documents. On June 29, 1972, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is also California Historical Landmark Number 4 and is part of the Sonoma State Historic Park.