Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Gage Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Gage Peach peach, painted c.1886–1942

Gage 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 South Carolina, Richland, Columbia. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarGage
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Specimen originSouth Carolina, Richland, Columbia
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00005148, POM00005149.

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