Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Dawn Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Dawn Peach peach, painted 1882

Dawn 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 Texas, Donley, Clarendon, painted by Lower, Elsie E. b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarDawn
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1882
Artist(s)Lower, Elsie E. b.
Specimen originTexas, Donley, Clarendon
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005314.

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