Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Colon Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Colon Peach peach, painted 1840

Colon Peach is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. A watercolour study of it survives in the collection, with specimens recorded from Florida, Clay, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarColon
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originFlorida, Clay
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005294.

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