Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Cling Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Cling Peach peach, painted 1872–1873

Cling Peach is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 2 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from California, Los Angeles; California, Sacramento, Sacramento, painted by Schutt, Ellen Isham, Shull, James Marion. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarCling
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1872–1873
Artist(s)Schutt, Ellen Isham, Shull, James Marion
Specimen originCalifornia, Los Angeles; California, Sacramento, Sacramento
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00005290, POM00005829.

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