New Jersey is also known as the Garden State, and entered into Statehood on December 18, 1787. The New Jersey State Capital is Trenton, and the New Jersey State motto is liberty and prosperity. The New Jersey State flower is the purple violet (1913). The New Jersey State bird is the eastern goldfinch (1935). The New Jersey State insect is the honeybee (1974). The New Jersey State tree is the red oak (1950). The New Jersey State animal is the horse (1977). The New Jersey State colors are buff and blue (1965). The New Jersey State folk dance is the square dance. The New Jersey State dinosaur is the hadrosaurus foulkii. The New Jersey State fish is the brook trout. The New Jersey State fruit is the blueberry (2004).