Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Clouser Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Clouser Peach peach, painted 1873

Clouser 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 Pennsylvania, Perry, New Bloomfield, painted by Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarClouser
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1873
Artist(s)Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originPennsylvania, Perry, New Bloomfield
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00005291, POM00005292.

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